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> and perfectly simulate our precise physical characteristics down to the exacting neural biochemical fluxes in our brains We'll need a new kind of computer fo
by chmod775 4y ago
> and perfectly simulate our precise physical characteristics down to the exacting neural biochemical fluxes in our brains
We'll need a new kind of computer for that, because all current computers can do from a purely mathematical POV is approximate the real world, given their limited memory and limited precision.
There's a good chance that the only way to 'simulate' a human is to physically built one.
- roywiggins 4y agoI agree that it's quite unlikely, but: just because you can't simulate something exactly doesn't mean that you can't get close enough so as to make no difference. "Don't worry, our simulated humans differ from their originals by at least 1-2 parts in 1 million, so we haven't really cloned them, no matter what they tell you. Yes, they remember their original lives and behave to within experimental error identically, but due to fundamental measurement uncertainty they're not technically exact copies."
- Ancapistani 4y ago> it's quite unlikely IOW: given infinite time, it's a certainty...
- roywiggins 4y agoI guess, but probably easier to magic up a couple dozen Boltzmann brains out of the ether than an in silica replica.