Robynhewd t1_ja7kwdb wrote on February 27, 2023 at 1:05 PM

I wonder if videogames/Full dive vr simulations will be able to accurately simulate earth or beyond down to the atomic level by that point. ( No idea if it'd be possible, just fun to imagine a world that far into the singularity.)

ImproveOurWorld t1_ja7z4sl wrote on February 27, 2023 at 2:59 PM

Why would they need to, if they can simulate an illusion of an atomic level? For example atoms appear only if you zoom in, other processes are computed by simple more generalised things. What's the point of simulating every atom?

Iffykindofguy t1_ja84joh wrote on February 27, 2023 at 3:37 PM

manipulating physics in the game world

ImproveOurWorld t1_ja8k0m4 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 5:19 PM

Well, can't it be simulated by simpler models sometime this century?

turnip_burrito t1_ja9qisb wrote on February 27, 2023 at 9:46 PM

There is no point in simulating every atom, you're right.

Also such an "always on atom level" Earth-simulating machine would be larger than Earth itself, which seems like a waste of resources.