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Imagine a futuristic sci-fi scenario in which AI is so advanced that it can model so deep into physics (i.e. plank scale), a scale which can't be probed by expe
by passion__desire 2y ago
Imagine a futuristic sci-fi scenario in which AI is so advanced that it can model so deep into physics (i.e. plank scale), a scale which can't be probed by experiments but the predictions match. We would have a probabilistic Oracle of sorts. It can give answers but no way of knowing why it works.
- danielmarkbruce 2y agoI don't think the why is that confusing. If you do a physical simulation, so many calculations cancel each other out or work in opposite directions. If there is a pattern to it (and it appears there is for many situations), you just short cut it. Consider Roger Federer's ability to predict where a tennis ball will land and how to send electrical signals to his body to move in a way that will return that ball with high precision. It's pretty wild the number of short cuts he can make for what is a very complex calculation.
- danielmarkbruce 2y agoOn second thought, I missed your point, I think. In my example we could reason through why the tennis ball ended where it did. In yours, we couldn't. My bad.
- passion__desire 2y agoI agree with your point of calculations cancelling out. That's why I am not a fan of Butterfly effect. Just as Lewis coined unbirthday, we should coin Unbutterfly effect cancelling each other out.