Look, we also probably don't have free will, but we should live and act like we do. Don't let the minute details keep you from getting what you can out of this life.
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I mean, I'd love to stop thinking about determinism, but... its not like I could just choose stop thinking about it, since I don't have free will to choose to not think about it... ironic π
Descartes' evil demon strikes again. π
Is "actually Earth" some idealised version of Earth where the greedy and the corrupt don't inevitably end up ruining everything for everyone but themselves? Because otherwise "actually Earth" and Hell could well be the same damn thing.
Or if you subscribe to the Catholic fanfic that is Dante's Inferno, we can talk about circles of hell, each one worse than the last. And where we are right now clearly isn't the bottom one. It definitely feels like it's dropped a layer or two in recent years, but we haven't hit rock bottom.
I could add a "yet" to that, but for some in this wondrous circle, it definitely already feels like it, and some feel like they're thundering towards it with no way to stop it.
But, I guess I'm feeling philosophical at the moment, because this just occurred to me: If there's a fly in the ointment, it means we have ointment.
These words will probably ring hollow in a few days when the ointment catches fire. (I'm not sure what that means in terms of translating back from metaphor into reality, but ointment catching fire definitely feels like something that could happen.)
We don't know but it's impossible to prove or disprove so just ignore the possibility and get on with your life
How do you know it isn't actually Eden, but you just focus on all the wrong things to see it?
We don't, but it also doesn't matter.
What if world did end in 2012, and we are in simulation, or hell/heaven or something like that
Definitely hell.
One way we train AI models to "align" them is to create a lot of different ones, and then see how they perform on various tests.
Ones that answer those tests correctly are saved and used to create the next generation of models, those that answer incorrectly are deleted.
What if this is all an AI alignment test that's some alien kid's AI homework that got a C-?
see: Nihilism
Absurdism > Nihilism
We may be in hell, but at least I can laugh at the existential horror of being alive.
I'm definitely at the bottom right, with a dash of absurdism.
The sun is gonna explode soon anyway - might as well enjoy it in the stupidest way possible while it lasts.
What sort of time frame are you expecting to live on if thatβs soon for you?
Ok, soon-ish
I'd like to think, if it were all just a simulation, whoever running it would be better at it. :)