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> we can model the universe with math, so of course that mapping works in the other direction as well. This is not so obvious as you make it appear. For instan
by misja111 4y ago
> we can model the universe with math, so of course that mapping works in the other direction as well.
This is not so obvious as you make it appear. For instance, we can model the weather for the next couple of days using math. But letting the weather of the next couple of days calculate math for us doesn't work very well. The reason is that we can't set the inputs for the weather.
This problem comes up in various forms and shapes in other 'nature computers' as well. Quantum computers are another example where the model works brilliantly but setting the pre- and side conditions in the real world is a major headache.
- lisper 4y agoI didn’t mean to imply that implementing it should be easy. Only that it should be unsurprising that it is possible.
- goldenkey 4y agoYou can use the weather or a bucket of water or well, any sufficiently complex chaotic system, as a reservoir computer though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reservoir_computing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reservoir_computing
- yetihehe 4y agoReservoir computing still needs to provide input. How do you input into weather? And if you find that you indeed can provide inputs to weather, you should ask if you should provide inputs into weather. Using weather as a computer might simply be unethical and could get you killed (after some angry farmers come knocking on your lab door because you ruined their harvest).
- IIAOPSW 4y ago> How do you input into weather? Butterfly conservatory.