Comment by Vecr
2 years ago
More or less the weak anthropic principle. Maybe once people get universal sequence predictors really going there would be a better argument.
2 years ago
More or less the weak anthropic principle. Maybe once people get universal sequence predictors really going there would be a better argument.
Rather than waiting for god-machines, you could just believe in god.
Not specifically any religion, just god. Or god-entity. Or god-force. Basically, deus ex machina except for philosophy
It's a surprisingly strong position. Respects occams razor, low amount of moving parts, etc.
A supernatural being is the exact opposite of Occam's Razor, in that it posits a maximally-complex being that did everything.
"Maximality" is neither implied nor required.
All that is required is sufficient intellectual superiority to man, which is extremely feasible.
It's just for our understanding that we'd call such a being god. That's the word for it.
A universal sequence predictor can be used as a vastly better version of Occam's razor. It's not a god machine unless someone uses it wrong.