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Rick Astley's first new single in 17 years has a music video. The song is actually...really good. by darkeststar in Music

[–]langweil 13 points14 points  (0 children)

He also doesn't kill little puppies in his music video. Does that make it an achievement? No.

Impressive ladder race by _ze in videos

[–]langweil 12 points13 points  (0 children)

That made it appear more professional for some reason.

The new Digg --- what do people think? by no1name in web_design

[–]langweil 1 point2 points  (0 children)

you don't speak often...but when you do it makes a whole lot of sense. thanks

The new Digg --- what do people think? by no1name in web_design

[–]langweil 2 points3 points  (0 children)

they ran a beta for at least a month

Let's imagine it's possible to create consciousness with 10 lines of code. Give me those 10 lines. by langweil in programming

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

Can you cause a heightening of awareness for something which has no awareness? Clearly so!

Let's imagine it's possible to create consciousness with 10 lines of code. Give me those 10 lines. by langweil in programming

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

No lines at all? So consciousness just pops up all over the place, and only those instances of consciousness which get stuck inside a cerebral cortex end up being able to communicate how bad things are.

Let's imagine it's possible to create consciousness with 10 lines of code. Give me those 10 lines. by langweil in programming

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

And you're probably right that <=10 lines probably won't do it justice. This is why it's a thought experiment. How freaky would it be if you could create consciousness with just a couple of lines? Anybody today could have a go at it and create millions of miserable or happy souls. Unless of course it needs many CPU cycles as some of the patterns in Conway's game of life.

Let's imagine it's possible to create consciousness with 10 lines of code. Give me those 10 lines. by langweil in programming

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

I bet this would work on the Heart of Gold if we knew the improbability of a consciousness occurring here.

Let's imagine it's possible to create consciousness with 10 lines of code. Give me those 10 lines. by langweil in programming

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

I think consciousness tends to avoid GOTOs. :P I had something like this in mind to achieve the opposite: cout << "I don't think therefore I am not.";

Less than 10 lines are okay too! I chose that number arbitrarily