← Back to context Comment by echelon 11 days ago [flagged] 16 comments echelon Reply protocolture 11 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 11 days ago This is just some short polymer chains in a chemical soup.Everything starts as a toy.Look at early computing. protocolture 11 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 11 days ago > Everything starts as a toyEspecially toys. Toys overwhelmingly start as toys. Brian_K_White 11 days ago You're watching someone press buttons on an mp3 player and calling it a religious experience. donkeybeer 10 days ago What do you think humans are made of other than molecules and electrical signals? Brian_K_White 10 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 11 days ago > This is the spark of fire that kicked off civilization.How can the now influence the past?
protocolture 11 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 11 days ago This is just some short polymer chains in a chemical soup.Everything starts as a toy.Look at early computing. protocolture 11 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 11 days ago > Everything starts as a toyEspecially toys. Toys overwhelmingly start as toys.
echelon 11 days ago This is just some short polymer chains in a chemical soup.Everything starts as a toy.Look at early computing. protocolture 11 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 11 days ago > Everything starts as a toyEspecially toys. Toys overwhelmingly start as toys.
protocolture 11 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 11 days ago > Everything starts as a toyEspecially toys. Toys overwhelmingly start as toys.
Brian_K_White 11 days ago You're watching someone press buttons on an mp3 player and calling it a religious experience. donkeybeer 10 days ago What do you think humans are made of other than molecules and electrical signals? Brian_K_White 10 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 10 days ago What do you think humans are made of other than molecules and electrical signals? Brian_K_White 10 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 10 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 11 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?