alt Hacker NewsI'm an hour into it, unconvinced.
The illusion that agency 'emerges' from rules like games, is fundamentally absurd.
This is the foundational illusion of mechanics. It's UFOlogy not science.
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Zigurd • today at 4:59 PM
Your mind emerges from a network of neurons. Machine models are probably far from enabling that kind of emergence, but if what's going on between our ears isn't computation, it's magic.
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MattRix • today at 4:38 PM
Is there a fundamental difference between it and true agency/thought? I’m not so sure.
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dboreham • today at 6:14 PM
Why is it absurd? Because believing that would break some deep delusion humans have about themselves?
Well, two things: it's the last sentence of the film; being on hour into something you're calling propaganda is brave.
Anyways. I thought the documentary was inspiring. Deepmind are the only lab that has historically prioritized science over consumer-facing product (that's changing now, however). I think their work with AlphaFold is commendable.