← Back to context Comment by echelon 4 days ago [flagged] 16 comments echelon Reply protocolture 4 days ago >But what you're specifically watching here is two brains from two entirely different species communicating and working together.No this is a dude playing with his chatbot. echelon 4 days ago This is just some short polymer chains in a chemical soup.Everything starts as a toy.Look at early computing. protocolture 4 days ago Conversely, I was party to every part of crypto hype and there are some amazing parallels, like right now when people start pretending to be philosophical greeting cards instead of making concrete statements. 6 replies → card_zero 4 days ago > Everything starts as a toyEspecially toys. Toys overwhelmingly start as toys. Brian_K_White 4 days ago You're watching someone press buttons on an mp3 player and calling it a religious experience. donkeybeer 4 days ago What do you think humans are made of other than molecules and electrical signals? Brian_K_White 3 days ago Why do you think what a thing is made of matters? That's nothing more than it's paint job. 2 replies → andsoitis 4 days ago > This is the spark of fire that kicked off civilization.How can the now influence the past?
protocolture 4 days ago >But what you're specifically watching here is two brains from two entirely different species communicating and working together.No this is a dude playing with his chatbot. echelon 4 days ago This is just some short polymer chains in a chemical soup.Everything starts as a toy.Look at early computing. protocolture 4 days ago Conversely, I was party to every part of crypto hype and there are some amazing parallels, like right now when people start pretending to be philosophical greeting cards instead of making concrete statements. 6 replies → card_zero 4 days ago > Everything starts as a toyEspecially toys. Toys overwhelmingly start as toys.
echelon 4 days ago This is just some short polymer chains in a chemical soup.Everything starts as a toy.Look at early computing. protocolture 4 days ago Conversely, I was party to every part of crypto hype and there are some amazing parallels, like right now when people start pretending to be philosophical greeting cards instead of making concrete statements. 6 replies → card_zero 4 days ago > Everything starts as a toyEspecially toys. Toys overwhelmingly start as toys.
protocolture 4 days ago Conversely, I was party to every part of crypto hype and there are some amazing parallels, like right now when people start pretending to be philosophical greeting cards instead of making concrete statements. 6 replies →
Brian_K_White 4 days ago You're watching someone press buttons on an mp3 player and calling it a religious experience. donkeybeer 4 days ago What do you think humans are made of other than molecules and electrical signals? Brian_K_White 3 days ago Why do you think what a thing is made of matters? That's nothing more than it's paint job. 2 replies →
donkeybeer 4 days ago What do you think humans are made of other than molecules and electrical signals? Brian_K_White 3 days ago Why do you think what a thing is made of matters? That's nothing more than it's paint job. 2 replies →
Brian_K_White 3 days ago Why do you think what a thing is made of matters? That's nothing more than it's paint job. 2 replies →
andsoitis 4 days ago > This is the spark of fire that kicked off civilization.How can the now influence the past?
>But what you're specifically watching here is two brains from two entirely different species communicating and working together.
No this is a dude playing with his chatbot.
This is just some short polymer chains in a chemical soup.
Everything starts as a toy.
Look at early computing.
Conversely, I was party to every part of crypto hype and there are some amazing parallels, like right now when people start pretending to be philosophical greeting cards instead of making concrete statements.
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> Everything starts as a toy
Especially toys. Toys overwhelmingly start as toys.
You're watching someone press buttons on an mp3 player and calling it a religious experience.
What do you think humans are made of other than molecules and electrical signals?
Why do you think what a thing is made of matters? That's nothing more than it's paint job.
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> This is the spark of fire that kicked off civilization.
How can the now influence the past?