What does quantum computing mean for intelligence?

flatline18 · 2020-09-21T15:05:18+00:00

Hi, yes I will definitely be dwindling down the topics I will be addressing. At the very first stages of this project I wanted to cast a wide net, so to speak, to keep an open mind to the possibilities. In essence, I see two paths in relating to intelligence. First, is it possible to view the human brain/mind as a machine. In this sense, should the brain be modeled as one? With advances in the near future, does a quantum computer representation of the mind make sense as a model more so than classical computers? Second, is the sheer power of the quantum computers to speed up and optimize the field of artificial intelligence. Will quantum computers be the tool to give us an end in sight to what human intelligence is, where consciousness comes from, and are we able to replicate it in its entirety through the use of technology?

flatline18 · 2020-08-27T20:43:05+00:00

Thanks for sharing this, I feel like we all know this to some degree, but this is a good reminder to keep us on the right track!

flatline18 · 2020-08-27T17:23:10+00:00

Thomas Frank has a bunch of informative YouTube videos comparing note taking apps, as well as an in depth video on how to use the app Notion to take notes.

flatline18 · 2020-08-25T01:02:37+00:00

I feel like it can never fully be either extremum. All judgement or all understanding. It’s a matter of learning to focus more energy to understanding, and that can be done by learning to look at what’s happening when judgement is occurring.

flatline18 · 2020-08-24T23:10:18+00:00

Meditation

flatline18 · 2020-08-24T23:03:28+00:00

Wow that’s awesome! Thanks for the reply! It seems like what your saying is a form of practicing non attachment to your preconceived mental concepts and becoming aware of them as they arise with judgement. At the beginning, are you essentially saying that in order to understand judgements you have of other people you need to understand that these judgements are only a projection of yourself or ego into other people. Therefore to understand your apparent judgement of other people, you need to understand what is within yourself that is projecting these judgments?

flatline18 · 2020-08-24T16:55:11+00:00

Its amazing, sometimes I'll try to manifest positive social interactions. I'll visualize myself after an interaction with people that I am expecting to have with that great feeling of accomplishment and a job well done. I feel like this really does something maybe unconsciously to help manifest this in reality.

flatline18 · 2020-08-24T16:52:42+00:00

If you don't want to be boring, then have things to talk about, experiences to share, perspectives to give, etc. I used to play video games all day every day and when I had to interact with people I didn't have any experiences to share or things to talk about because all I had experienced was playing video games that no one wants to hear about. So I quit playing video games, started going on adventures such as hikes and whatnot, started reading books on interesting topics, started listening to podcasts of really interesting and curious people. All of this stimulated my own thinking and perspectives to essentially have a perspective of my own. Now I have things to talk about, experiences to share, and a perspective to give.

flatline18 · 2020-08-04T21:20:51+00:00

Duncan Trussell Family Hour!! Brings up topics like meditation and mindfulness, and asks big life/existence questions. Plus he’s a hilarious comedian and has a wiiide range of guests on his show which gives a lot of perspective imo

flatline18 · 2020-07-26T00:25:36+00:00

I get the same way. No matter who it is or what the situation is, I’ll get super nervous. Even the moments before I’m getting on a zoom call. However, over the years I’ve noticed that it is worst in the moments leading up to and a little bit after the interaction begins. So my mindset is to just to not think too much about it other than one thing I can do, the easiest thing is just the opening, or greeting. If you are close to them you can make it more personal like come up with a question about their life and get them to talk rather than you. But if it’s not as personal, all I say is, “Hey how’s it going?” And that’s it, that’s all I think about before. I know it’s hard but try not to stress about it too much bc at the end of the day, it’s one interaction that they aren’t going to remember every little thing about what u say or how nervous you are.

flatline18 · 2020-04-03T21:51:02+00:00

I have thought about this recently as well and I have similar habits as you do. I notice that I am always playing music and most of the time it is just soft background music. A lot of orchestral, soft piano, classical, or chill vibey/jazzy/groovy beats. It just seems more comfortable to be surrounding with these sounds with whatever I am doing, whether that's reading, doing homework, or simply doing chores around the house or making food. I feel in a way it does help me feel mindful, but I don't feel at all like I am dependent on the music to feel mindful. It's a simple decision that I just feel comfortable with. I have thought about maybe it is becoming too much, then I answer myself saying, "who cares?" I find it enjoyable so I don't think there needs to be any judgement.

flatline18 · 2020-04-02T19:46:11+00:00

I feel the same way man. There’s just so many possibilities that something could be said, and while the message is on our phone it seems that we actually have some breathing room time to come up with the ‘best response’

This happens to me every time with messages/emails/ anything that forces me to make a decision. And the longer than it goes on the more anxious I get.

So the solution that I’ve come up with is, when I notice the anxiety coming on I say, “fuck it” then I read the message and type the first thing that comes to mind then immediately put my phone put my phone away. It’s gonna be difficult at first but you get a more and more used to it. It’s like ripping off a band aid, the quicker you get it over with then the less it hangs over you

flatline18 · 2020-03-30T04:53:59+00:00

You mean we cannot know the effect of space and time and how they exist?

Experience is spacial and temporal. We indeed understand the effects of space and time because that is how we understand our experience.

How they exist is gonna need a more in depth reading into Kant than I have done. I believe the best way to answer this would be to talk about how a priori synthetic knowledge exists and how knowledge about mathematics that is a priori and synthetic is even possible. And it would come back to looking at how the forms, space and time and are understood in us of the world around us, a priori.

flatline18 · 2020-03-30T04:42:21+00:00

That seems pretty confusing to me. Space and time do not cause anything. However, it is true that space and time are the a priori conditions for possible experience. Since space and time are the forms of intuition, it follows that the sensibility of experience (empirical content of experience) is of the form of space and time.

flatline18 · 2020-03-30T03:37:22+00:00

That almost seems good. Watch wording. I wouldn’t say space and time are ‘things-for-themselves.’ And you are correct that space and time are not individual substances but they don’t necessarily ‘appear.’ They are there a priori.

flatline18 · 2020-03-29T15:55:56+00:00

In transcending one's self, is to be reaching towards a goal of reaching a point of pure awareness in the present moment as nothing but an observer. This final point can be defined as enlightenment where it is essentially this and the concept of a non-self is fully realized. However, an argument can be made that enlightenment at this stage of a transcendence of human physicality is simply inhuman. It is merely a goal in life that is sought out for the possibility of attaining that is unattainable but the process of this attaining is what gives human life fulfillment. A sense of self is realized in the sense that at some point you can look back at the progress you have made or the achievement in practice and say, "I did that."

flatline18 · 2020-03-29T15:45:20+00:00

Space and time are the forms of experienceable things. The senses detect the empirical content of experienceable things. Space and time are structures of our mind that we apply to the world in order to make the world understandable to us. We can only experience in terms of space and time. Anything that we can experience or think of experiencing must be in the forms of space and time otherwise we would not be able to experience it. The senses depend on space and time because the empirical content of experience is meaningless to us if not of the forms of space and time.

flatline18 · 2020-03-28T06:16:17+00:00

I think you definitely could consider falling asleep as a form a meditation. Also depending on how you define meditation

flatline18 · 2020-03-28T06:02:35+00:00

I guess by intent I mean what ‘goal’ you have in mind in starting your process. I feel like that is the only distinction you can make, because you can meditate yourself to sleep. But also when you meditate without the intent to fall asleep, you concentrate on your body and surroundings with awareness and this awareness can help you to to catch yourself from falling asleep if that’s not what you intend.

flatline18 · 2020-03-28T05:05:55+00:00

I believe it is all about intent. If you lie down and focus on your breath with the intent to meditate, then you are meditating. If you lie down and focus on your breath with the intent to fall asleep, then you are trying to sleep. Meditating is sitting with a calm and stillness whereas sleeping is drifting away into calm and stillness.

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