PositiveWeapon
PositiveWeapon t1_j003t46 wrote
Reply to comment by Professional-Yak-477 in I think this post will be monumentally important for some of you to read. Put it in your brain, think about it, and get ready for the next few years. If you are part of this Subreddit; You are forward thinking, you're already ahead of the curve, you will have one shot to be at an advantage. NOW. by AdditionalPizza
Raytheon.
PositiveWeapon t1_ixerdki wrote
Reply to comment by Plenty-Today4117 in Expert Proposes a Method For Telling if We All Live in a Computer Program by garden_frog
Vision is not 100% reliable.
You have a blind spot at all times. Do you notice it? No, because the brain fills it in with what it expects should be there.
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-04-25-me-722-story.html
Lots of articles about the brains use of prediction to save energy, here's a random one: https://www.quantamagazine.org/to-be-energy-efficient-brains-predict-their-perceptions-20211115/
Watch some lectures on YouTube to really blow your mind. You need to understand you don't actually 'see' anything, ever. At all times you are viewing your brains reconstruction of its perception of the photons it collects. Yes, effectively the brain contains a graphics card ridiculously more sophisticated than anything we can create.
As for crossing the road, the goal is to keep you alive. You are far more likely to see something that isn't there than not see something that is there.
PositiveWeapon t1_ixdoztl wrote
Reply to comment by Nastypilot in Expert Proposes a Method For Telling if We All Live in a Computer Program by garden_frog
I used to think the crazy madness you see on some psychedelics is a closer representation of reality. Shutting down the brains UI and filtering process.
Except that things become more colourful, when in reality colour doesn't exist.
PositiveWeapon t1_ixdo0i4 wrote
Reply to comment by Plenty-Today4117 in Expert Proposes a Method For Telling if We All Live in a Computer Program by garden_frog
As others have said eye witness testimony is considered extremely unreliable in court. Our visual system takes up the largest area of our brain and uses a significant amount of energy. To save energy, the brain assumes a lot of things. If you were subconsciously expecting your cat to be inside, at a glance, it's entirely possible your brain put the cat there.
I'm not ruling it out, I think this is a simulation. But if there was a glitch, isn't it more likely the cat would be floating upside down or halfway through a wall or something? Given what we know about the brain it's far more likely to be an artifact of our brains energy saving feature.
PositiveWeapon t1_j1tmdkk wrote
Reply to Some side effects of ai that many haven't really thought of, coming very soon. by crumbaker
Getting reliable product or experience reviews is going to be impossible isn't it.