Ram Dass (a former professor of psychology at Harvard) once called the
purpose of our existence to be "Walking Each Other Home" ... to be
leading one another to the realization that this whole human experience
(consciousness is having for evolutionary purposes) isn't truly what we
are ... and in a way, the ultimative goal in every computer game is to
undergo the singular trnasition of "stopping to play" again ... to
become enlightened from the game characters perspective ... and to
transcend the narrow subset of reality one has been navigating within.
Just like it's of the end of every good movie ... when you suddenly
disidentify with the main actor you have been identifying with for 2
hours ...
"That is what you would think when you go to one of these advanced
movies. At such a movie, you would first get to select which character
you want to be. Let’s say you decide, “I’ll be James Bond.” Okay, but
once you push the button, that’s it. The button had better be on a
timer! You, as you currently know yourself, are no longer there. Since
all of your thoughts are now James Bond’s thoughts, your entire existing
self-concept is gone. Remember, your self-concept is just a collection
of thoughts about yourself. Likewise, your emotions are Bond’s and you
are watching the movie through his visual and auditory perspective. The
only aspect of your being that remains the same is the consciousness
that is aware of these objects. It is the same center of awareness that
was aware of your old set of thoughts, emotions, and sensory input. Now
someone turns off the movie. Immediately, Bond’s thoughts and emotions
are replaced with your old set of thoughts and emotions. You’re back to
thinking that you’re a forty-year-old woman. All the thoughts match. All
the emotions match. Everything looks like, smells like, tastes like, and
feels like it did before. But that doesn’t change the fact that it is
all just something consciousness is experiencing. It is all just objects
of consciousness, and you are the consciousness." -- Michael Singer /
"The Untethered Soul"
AGI will just have to come up with even better analogies I guess ...
Am 28/01/2019 um 07:23 schrieb Linas Vepstas:
On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 5:51 PM justcamel <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
... but then wait for your AGI "God" to tell you just that ... the
same
shit wise people have been telling us for thousands of years ...
oh the
irony ...
Yevgeny Abramovich Baratynsky, via Yuri Manin
We diligently observe the world,
We diligently observe people,
And we hope to understand their deepest meaning.
But what is the fruit of long years of study?
What do the sharp eyes finally detect?
What does the haughty mind finally learn
At the height of all experience and thought,
What? - the exact meaning of an old proverb.
--
cassette tapes - analog TV - film cameras - you
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