What Are Ancestor Simulations... And Are We Living In One
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
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The Uncertainty Principle of Simulated Reality
If i am in a vultareality designed for scenic walks, i do not need the jogger passing me in the other direction to have an actual brain. What i need is a programme that ramps up the effective resolution of reality when i am in proximity and interaction. And i don't think calling their creation fake is likely to be meanful or accurate. Where they are finite, they need to avoid waste or wasteful excess simulation. A simulated person is not some brain in a jar, or porson in a battery tank for the matrix. The programme can leave triggles in your head to flight them if you think reality is unreal,. Or even just tell you it wasn't
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