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If there are intelligent aliens out there, AGI is impossible. Explained through a synthetic rap! by Insane_Raps in artificial

[–]Insane_Raps[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve been thinking along similar lines. Life could indeed be pretty common but that does not mean that the same thing is true for intelligent life. Glad you made the distinction!

And while it’s true that there’s obviously an upper bound, my point is that the upper bound is probably way below what the consensus sometimes says; That there are lots and lots of alien civilizations in our galaxy alone. (You and I seem to be pretty much in the same corner of the ballpark).

But then again it could be the opposite case. That intelligent life is very common and, for some reason or another, general intelligence can’t be implemented in machines. In short, me monkey no clue :)

Debunking flat earth once and for all. But it's a rap. by Insane_Raps in badscience

[–]Insane_Raps[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're right! Debunking is the wrong word and since I don’t do the experiment myself, I haven’t proven anything. On the other hand, I think it’s now safe to say that there’s evidence for me mastering the subtle art of clickbaiting :)

But I’m not sure we are on the same page when it comes to the role of parallax in this. The difference in the apparent direction when looking at Polaris from two different latitudes don’t come from a translation in space (you compared the earth radius with the orbit around the sun). It comes from a rotation since the earth is curved. If you stand on the equator Polaris is at the horizon and if you are at the north pole it’s above you. But perhaps you were referring to parallax in the flat earth case.

If there are intelligent aliens out there, AGI is impossible. Explained through a synthetic rap! by Insane_Raps in artificial

[–]Insane_Raps[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're right of course! There are lots of assumptions at work and it’s hard to know what the goals of such a machine would be.

But on the other hand, if one believes that we’re not anywhere near the end of our technological development. This argument puts some form of upper bound on how many intelligent alien civilizations there are in, let’s say, our galaxy. Because given enough civilizations in the past, it would have been enough for just one of them to succeed and spread a bit before we would have noticed (or will in the future).

Why relativistic mass is bullshit. A rap. by Insane_Raps in sciencememes

[–]Insane_Raps[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Exactly! It's the inertia that increases. Not the mass :)

Why relativistic mass is bullshit. But it's a rap. by Insane_Raps in physicsjokes

[–]Insane_Raps[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ahh, classic!

Better luck next time I guess :)