Do we live in a simulation? The advance of artificial intelligence revives this old philosophical theory that has been endorsed by professionals from different areas. The uncertain future, and the present, often utopian, have contributed to more and more people contemplating this possibility. At the same time, the rise of AI in different areas constitutes an incentive that refutes the theory of these thinkers.
Ray Kurzweil, principal artificial intelligence researcher in Google, has considered this scenario in many of his appearances. Like his former gawdatwho public a book in which he immersed himself in the bowels of the new technological systems, Kurzweil also maintains the idea of the intelligent potential of machines about humans. “In 2049, probably during our life and without a doubt during the next generation, it is expected that AI is one billion times smarter (in everything) than the smartest human being,” said the Egyptian businessman.
In this sense, the Google researcher tried to combine the concept of a simulation shared with the rise of technology in his book entitled The singularity is close, Published in 2005, almost twenty years before the appointment previously mentioned. Therefore, the reflections that Kurzweil wrote two decades ago, today they make more sense than ever and must be taken into account as a precedent in the face of probability. “If the world in which we live It is a simulation on someone’s computer, this simulation is very good“, declared in relation to this issue so to the agenda.
Is it possible that we live in a simulation?
The multifaceted entrepreneur did not focus all the importance on the fact of answering the question but on contemplating our reality based on memory and experiences. “In any case it is the only reality to which we have access. Our world seems to have a long and rich history. This means that either our world is not a simulation, or that if it is the simulation it has lasted a long time, so that It would not be likely to end up soon. Of course, it is also likely that the simulation includes evidence of a long history without that this story has actually happened, “he clarifies in the writing.
It relies on the obvious conjectures that could support the theory of simulation, including the possible evolution that human being has suffered as a non -exclusive factor. “Perhaps that other civilization is executing an evolutionary algorithm about our universe (which would explain the evolution we witness) to create an explosion of knowledge from a technological singularity,” he says. In fact, the purpose of alleged governors may be in this act. “Reaching a uniqueness in the form of knowledge explosion could be the purpose of simulation“, reports.
No concern for lies
Even without ruling out the possibility of hidden civilization that manages the threads of this world, the reality is that the human being can do little. Therefore, the obsession regarding this issue is not contemplated as an action to be maintained, but as a debate. “This scenario does not occupy the first places in my list of concernsespecially because the only strategy we can follow to avoid negative results is the strategy we would have to follow anyway, “concludes the American.