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PeroK replied to the thread How far will we let AI control us?.It's not a question of faith! -
PeroK replied to the thread How far will we let AI control us?.Here's the thing. Suppose there was a puzzle of some sort and my life depended on getting the right answer. I had a choice of asking... -
PeroK replied to the thread How far will we let AI control us?.I don't know anything you don't know. To me it's clear than an LLM, in its large sphere of applicability, can reason better than 99% of... -
PeroK replied to the thread How far will we let AI control us?.Also, you words like "experience", "digest", "psyche" and "worldview" to imply that there is something transcendental about what you are... -
PeroK replied to the thread How far will we let AI control us?.There's a difference in the way we think and the way LLM produces output. That means there is more than one way to do things. Your... -
PeroK replied to the thread How far will we let AI control us?.When I started as a computer programmer in 1985, my aunt asked how a computer could possibly produce something that hadn't been entered... -
PeroK replied to the thread How far will we let AI control us?.What have you or any of us ever done that is truly new and unique? Everything builds on what we know and have learned already. -
PeroK replied to the thread Undergrad Is energy really conserved?.If you balanced a double gyroscope about its centre, then a) if the wheels are not spinning, the system will balance; b) if the wheels... -
PeroK reacted to Ben tesoriero's post in the thread Undergrad Is energy really conserved? with
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There is resistance to from each wheel being forced to turn, the resulting torques oppose as angular momentum of each is opposite. Same... -
PeroK replied to the thread Undergrad Is energy really conserved?.The experiment you propose is not clear from your description. It's not clear to me why you think energy is lost from a system of two... -
PeroK reacted to PeterDonis's post in the thread High School Is it correct to state that all measurements count photons? with
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After moderator review, the thread will remain closed. As @FactChecker points out, the fact that the EM interaction is involved in some... -
PeroK reacted to DaveC426913's post in the thread High School Is it correct to state that all measurements count photons? with
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Using a tuning fork to measure whether a piano is in tune counts zero photons. -
PeroK replied to the thread High School Is it correct to state that all measurements count photons?.Reading a sign in braille. Tasting whisky. Tuning a piano. Feeling how sensitive a sore tooth is. -
PeroK replied to the thread High School Mass & energy increments a la e = mc^2.PS in an atom, the electron is bound to the proton in a fundamental way. This is where QM is fundamentally different from classical...