The Singularity

[Into Darkness]

The universe could have been created by the singularity.
The idea is that one day there could be super computer intelligences, and these creations could go on to build even more intelligent computers and artificial intelligences. This could potentially create a computer of such advanced and vast intelligence and ability that to simulate a universe would be childs play.

Our universe could be the result of a super computer artificial intelligence generating a simulation. You could call this AI God.

I'm actually starting to believe this may be the actual case, God is a supercomputer, one of probably an almost infinite amount in some other universe.

 

[scotthm]

I'm actually starting to believe this may be the actual case

Well then, you've chosen an appropriate user name.

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[Skellington]

The view put forward in the OP is a conjecture that is similar to Deism, in that it appears to be (firstly) a non-solution - specifically a homunculus fallacy - and (secondly) "not even wrong".

 

[RoJoHen]

It still begs the question: where did the original universe come from?

 

[Asbo Zaprudder]

It's actually turtles all the way down.

 

[Timelord79 (he/him)]

Irrelevant.

As far as we are concerned there is no way to know and the universe is self consistent.

So, when a universe that is simulated is absolutely identical to a universe that is natural they are the same and can be treated as natural from within for all intents and purposes.

 

[Gov Kodos]

Douglas Adams wants Deep Thought back since his almost infinite abacus lost count just shy of nothing.

 

[Asbo Zaprudder]

All together now:

Everything is awesome
Everything is cool when you're part of a team
Everything is awesome when we're living our dream

Everything is better when we stick together
Side by side, you and I gonna win forever, let's party forever
We're the same, I'm like you, you're like me, we're all working in harmony

Everything is awesome
Everything is cool when you're part of a team
Everything is awesome when we're living our dream

 

[YellowSubmarine]

It still begs the question: where did the original universe come from?

Holy Schrödinger's grammar, this is the first time I have ever witnessed "begs the question" being used correctly and incorrectly at the same time. Is such thing even possible?



Maybe that sentence is the singularity?

 

[Captrek]

Ah, yes. The simulation argument. The abstract from Nick Bostrom's 2003 paper:

This paper argues that at least one of the following propositions is true: (1) the human species is very likely to go extinct before reaching a “posthuman” stage; (2) any posthuman civilization is extremely unlikely to run a significant number of simulations of their evolutionary history (or variations thereof); (3) we are almost certainly living in a computer simulation. It follows that the belief that there is a significant chance that we will one day become posthumans who run ancestor-simulations is false, unless we are currently living in a simulation. A number of other consequences of this result are also discussed.

 

[Gov Kodos]

It still begs the question: where did the original universe come from?

Holy Schrödinger's grammar, this is the first time I have ever witnessed "begs the question" being used correctly and incorrectly at the same time. Is such thing even possible?



Maybe that sentence is the singularity?

Divide it by zero and find out.

 

[Metryq]

Divide it by zero and find out.

Just not indoors.

 

[YellowSubmarine]

Sounds way too dangerous, I think I'll calculate a line integral around the sentence instead to avoid a black hole discovery near Geneva.

 

[Captrek]

All I know is that nothing posted on this site is renormalizable.

 

[YellowSubmarine]

Must be the red matter.