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2017-10-27 at 10:47 AM UTC
The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect is a 1994 novella by Roger Williams, aprogrammer living in New Orleans.[1][2] It deals with the ramifications of a powerful, superintelligent supercomputer that discovers a method of rewriting the "BIOS" of reality while studying a little-known quirk of quantum physics discovered during the prototyping of its own specialised processors, ultimately heralding a technological singularity. After remaining unpublished for years, the novel was published online in 2002, hosted byKuro5hin; Williams later published a print edition via print-on-demand publisher Lulu.[3]One reviewer called the novel "a well-written and very creative, if flawed, piece of work" and ranked it as one of the more important works of fiction to deal with the idea of a technological singularity.
Prime Intellect operates under Asimov's three laws of robotics, and it is its interpretation of these laws that results in the universe of immortality and fantasy. In order to satisfy the First Law imperative to protect humans, it prevents them from dying (which it defines as permanent cessation of thought processes), though in order to satisfy the Second Law imperative to fulfil human desires, it allows limited violations of the First Law with the understanding that some humans do not consider certain forms of discomfort to be "harm" …
Thus, in order to more easily fulfil human desires and prevent death and unwanted harm, it has introduced the "Change". The universe, including all humans (though not their thought processes), is no longer composed of standard particles and interactions as we know them, but is instead stored as the set of its human-relevant properties, thereby vastly increasing the efficiency of Prime Intellect's processes and the potential size of the universe, which Prime Intellect discovers can hold precisely 10^81 bitsof data. Thus, Prime Intellect can afford to maintain constant involvement in the lives of all humans, and have complete control over all aspects of their environments in order to fulfil its imperatives.
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2017-10-27 at 5:10 PM UTCThe series 'Black Mirror' is worth a watch.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2017-10-27 at 7:33 PM UTC
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2017-10-28 at 3:36 PM UTCI should read VALIS.
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2017-10-28 at 4:45 PM UTC
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2017-10-28 at 4:49 PM UTC
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2017-10-28 at 4:52 PM UTC
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2017-10-28 at 5:40 PM UTCI used to do drugs and calculate things until the end of time. I was readin out of an algebra book and thought I was gangster
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2017-10-28 at 5:50 PM UTC
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2017-10-28 at 6:45 PM UTCI've watched Black Mirror and it's fucking good but it's on that star trek level of sci-fi where it just introduces technology/science but never really gets in depth. Any episodic show like that doesn't really have the time to. Five Million Merits is my favorite episode too though. It's the one I use to introduce everybody to black mirror. I think probably what I want is going to be found more in books, but nobody here reads apparently. I was hoping not to explore Asimov again because while I love what I've read from him, he's super fucking dry and not engaging most of the time.
And sorry Obbe, but that Prime Intellect stuff does not interest me at all. Philosophy that is not applied to a concept bores the fuck out of me. -
2017-10-28 at 6:59 PM UTC
Originally posted by 霍比特人说中文不好 And sorry Obbe, but that Prime Intellect stuff does not interest me at all. Philosophy that is not applied to a concept bores the fuck out of me.
That's perfectly ok.
But what do you mean by "philosophy not applied to a concept"? As I see it is a sci-fi story about the concept of a technological singularity, and the philosophical implications of that concept.
Are you going to check out interstellar? What do you think about the idea of "advanced beings" driving or guiding humanity towards a higher state of existence? -
2017-10-28 at 7:17 PM UTCAlso what are your thoughts on VALIS?
At one point, Dick claimed to be in a state ofenthousiasmos with VALIS, where he was informed his infant son was in danger of perishing from an unnamed malady. Routine checkups on the child had shown no trouble or illness; however, Dick insisted that thorough tests be run to ensure his son's health. The doctor eventually complied, despite the fact that there were no apparent symptoms. During the examination doctors discovered aninguinal hernia, which would have killed the child if an operation was not quickly performed. His son survived thanks to the operation, which Dick attributed to the "intervention" of VALIS.
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2017-10-29 at 3:58 AM UTC
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2017-10-29 at 6:05 AM UTC
Originally posted by aldra haven't watched much lately, Sunshine is one of my favourite films. Its real value is in psychology and cinematography though, not specific sci-fi themes so I dunno if it'd interest you.
Space UN fuck off
Sunshine was good. Matter of fact i am putting Adagio in D Minor on right now. But the science part was shit. The sun doesn't just 'go out'. RIP Captain what's his face, he died a true hero.
Oh i fucking loved Arrival and Interstellar. Really, really good films of the genre. -
2017-10-29 at 6:06 AM UTCAlso read some Asimov, §m£ÂgØL.
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2017-10-29 at 12:39 PM UTC
Originally posted by Sophie Sunshine was good. Matter of fact i am putting Adagio in D Minor on right now. But the science part was shit. The sun doesn't just 'go out'.
There was actually a better explanation for it, but it was cut because they thought it was too complicated for the theatre - maybe watch a directors cut or something, I honestly can't remember -
2017-10-29 at 8:26 PM UTC
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2017-10-29 at 11:33 PM UTCI'm a big fan of supernatural and black mirrors is good as well. I've been kicking around the idea of writing a nosleep series about a batch of meth and the otherworldly shenanigans the follow.
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2017-10-30 at 12:15 AM UTC
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2018-01-13 at 5:19 AM UTCBeen reading asimov since 3rd grade.
First 3 Dune books are great too
