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This triggers multiple levels of wonder. That the tune alone is compose-able from 256 bytes is uncanny. What would this have been like to witness in the 1980s ?
by strainer 9y ago
This triggers multiple levels of wonder. That the tune alone is compose-able from 256 bytes is uncanny. What would this have been like to witness in the 1980s ? -being as it could have been published as a relatively easy to type magazine listing.
The name "A Mind is Born" has special resonance at this time as there has never been more popular anticipation that artificial minds will soon be able to coalesce from the same kind of bitwise operations made visible and audible in this demo.
- johansch 9y agoIt would probably have been seen as proof of aliens and/or time travel back then.
- mrkgnao 9y agoThis has a beginning that you may find interesting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaspora_(novel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaspora_(novel)
- mindfulmonkey 9y agoyes! I loved the description of how that AI is created and becomes self conscious!!!
- strainer 9y agoIts a powerful fantastic idea, but Im personally concerned that our human and animal conciousness should probably not be equated with virtual representations, no matter how accurate or convincing certain renderings might get. Mostly because I would never be fearful of switching a simulation off - for its "own sake". Im concerned that people can feel the same way about each other, if they believe in the equality of computed feelings.
- maxerickson 9y agoSo you are worried that virtual representation will lead you to close off your empathy for humans? The alternative is to extend it to the simulations.
- strainer 9y agoI wrote "our human and animal conciousness should probably not be equated with virtual representations" Your reply did not follow... no empathy.
- maxerickson 9y agoI think I understood what you wrote. I just doubt that some people extending empathy to virtual personalities will lead to meaningful numbers of other people retracting it from humans.
- strainer 9y agoI half expect powerful futuristic AI to figure out and enlighten us as to the specialness of our conciousness, the transience of simulations, and perhaps to define the special arrangements required to create life of similar importance to ourselves, should we really wish to do so... in the non-traditional way.
- trevyn 9y agoIndeed. I would argue that this is actually a 270 byte demo, as knowing the title is essential to the full experience. :-)