If it were scientifically proven how individuals existed in a mental holograph and that earth was surrounded by a holograph, would we be able to conclude, on probability, that we existed on earth within a simulated universe? The first 2 facts were scientifically proven. Is this perhaps then a "therefore..." moment?
If not, which other mechanism(s) do we conclude our understanding of general relativity and absolute relativity originated from? More so, does it really matter for AGI, and why? ________________________________ From: TimTyler <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, 10 February 2020 06:09 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [agi] Re: Test your knowledge of probability theory On 2020-02-09 13:19:PM, Matt Mahoney wrote: On Sat, Feb 8, 2020, 5:28 PM Matt Mahoney <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: 3. (Bostrom's simulation argument). There is a 1% chance that sometime in the next billion years that we will create a computer simulation of the present day world and run a million copies of it. What is the probability that we are living in a simulation? Probability is a measure of belief in future events. But since there is no test for living in a simulation, there are no future events to predict and the question is meaningless. There not being any test for living in a simulation is only true for perfect simulations. However, not much is perfect. Simulations may be glitchy, small, of low resolution, inaccurate, leaky or have a bunch of other flaws and defects. p(sim) might be a bit vague, but it seems reasonable to ask after the scientific consensus on the issue at some future date. If we are in a simulation, it is not that implausible that we could find out. -- __________ |im |yler http://timtyler.org/ Artificial General Intelligence List<https://agi.topicbox.com/latest> / AGI / see discussions<https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi> + participants<https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/members> + delivery options<https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription> Permalink<https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/Tefd74cfe5df991e0-M9c0f731e4523046196eaaa89> ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/Tefd74cfe5df991e0-M849c5630320138b83cba811d Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
