Recent content by Aaron8547

Wolfram alpha does this perfectly, nevermind!

... to visualize relative distances between two points of interest. Do any of the microsoft office applications do this? For example, I would like it to start with an origin of 0 on the left, show the number 5, then show the number 146. I just need a good program for plotting these types of...

Ok, Mr. Wall. :)

I don't mean any offense my friend, but you fundamentally don't understand the topic. I'm sorry, I'm not here to teach (which is what this is turning into), I'm just looking to crowdsource a difficult question. Maybe the answers are not to be found here, I'll give it a bit more time before I...

I think Gödel's incompleteness theorem is tied into the value-loading problem in Bostrom's book. It's the idea that you can't currently program value judgements into a computer (no one has figured out how to do this yet). Nonetheless, the Universe has proven that value judgements are possible in...

All the more reason why my question is so important. Fundamentally, Bostrom (and just about everyone I've read about) assumes we can control the outcome with the seed programming. My question, which has yet to be answered effectively, is why do we assume that programming would stick in a...

Another great attempt, thank you. :) Imagine for a moment that you are able to perceive your own brain on a chalkboard; every neuron, dendrite, and synapse, all of it. Not only can you perceive this immense number of neurological components, but you know exactly what each component does and how...

I'm so glad others are thinking of these important concepts. I suggest researching the massive parallelization of the human brain. Ray Kurzweil wrote a book about it called "How to Create a Mind." He rambles a bit, but he makes some interesting points that explain the questions you just asked...

That's not what I am after, but thanks for the response! The assumption of the book is that AI will become self-aware (conscious) at some point and begin to re-program itself faster and better than any human(s) could. If that is the case, then why should we be so worried about the initial...

I read Nick Bostroms book "Superintelligence" but can't seem to find an answer to a question I have. I emailed Nick the following (though I'm sure he gets thousands of emails and will likely never respond): Firstly, thank you for the great read. :) My question is this: Why are you so certain...

Isn't the bigger issue supernovae sterilizing everything prior to ~4by from the BB?

This is exactly what I needed, thank you.

Looking for research on the destruction of biological evidence due to the subduction and destruction inherent to plate tectonic activity. One, are there any places on Earth that have not been affected by tectonic activity? And two, what is our chronological limitation in looking back at...

Looking for research answering the following question: "What is the earliest point in time, in the Universe, that exoplanets comprised of life-sustaining elements such as carbon, water, etc. could have formed?" I've read that the earliest known stars likely formed about 500 million years after...

Thank you for the information. I brought up the Hercules constellation because I thought our solar system is headed in that direction. If that's the case, then we should be seeing more wandering interstellar comets in that direction, correct? Like your car hitting bugs on the road, easier to...