Comments on: There Is No AI, Stupid! http://yaserzt.com/blog/archives/363 Shadowlessness, and how it feels. Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:29:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: yzt http://yaserzt.com/blog/archives/363/comment-page-1#comment-15755 yzt Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:22:50 +0000 http://yaserzt.com/blog/?p=363#comment-15755 @Hamid: I did say that we are probably no more real than anything we create, but we are not less real than it either. This universe we live in might not be <em>the</em> reality, but it is certainly <em>a</em> reality. But, I can certainly see the simplistic logic behind taking the blue pill. It's all rooted in differences in the definition of "happiness." And everyone does it one way or the other. We all ignore realities in many aspects of our lives to have more time and energy for the rest. The difference is what gets sacrificed for what. People who sacrifice realities in the very definition of the universe and their world view, in order to alleviate their primitive fears and in order to relieve themselves from thinking, are ostriches at best (or some other bird that hides its head in the snow or ground or whatever!) While it might not seem so to you, but recognizing non-organic intelligence as equal and/or superior is accepting the truth and reality, not hiding from it. @Hamid:
I did say that we are probably no more real than anything we create, but we are not less real than it either. This universe we live in might not be the reality, but it is certainly a reality.
But, I can certainly see the simplistic logic behind taking the blue pill. It’s all rooted in differences in the definition of “happiness.” And everyone does it one way or the other. We all ignore realities in many aspects of our lives to have more time and energy for the rest.
The difference is what gets sacrificed for what. People who sacrifice realities in the very definition of the universe and their world view, in order to alleviate their primitive fears and in order to relieve themselves from thinking, are ostriches at best (or some other bird that hides its head in the snow or ground or whatever!)

While it might not seem so to you, but recognizing non-organic intelligence as equal and/or superior is accepting the truth and reality, not hiding from it.

]]> By: Hamid http://yaserzt.com/blog/archives/363/comment-page-1#comment-15750 Hamid Sun, 29 Mar 2009 11:54:53 +0000 http://yaserzt.com/blog/?p=363#comment-15750 I think, in your previous post you talked about reality and how important it is and in this post you said that we are not more real than computer programs. So why shouldn’t we swallow the blue pill and be happier. I mean may be we are programmed to be happier in this way. I think, in your previous post you talked about reality and how important it is and in this post you said that we are not more real than computer programs. So why shouldn’t we swallow the blue pill and be happier. I mean may be we are programmed to be happier in this way.

]]> By: MatGill http://yaserzt.com/blog/archives/363/comment-page-1#comment-15716 MatGill Sun, 29 Mar 2009 02:36:38 +0000 http://yaserzt.com/blog/?p=363#comment-15716 While you keep thinking on what we should name it, we'll be working hard to make your sweet violent Singularity a reality, if there is a such a thing as reality anyhow. While you keep thinking on what we should name it, we’ll be working hard to make your sweet violent Singularity a reality, if there is a such a thing as reality anyhow.

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