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Are there any plans to share this link on all platforms at the same time? You can name this functionality Woof. I for one would consider paying 12.99/month for this functionality.
Well... I believe that we share a common ancestor to the same degree that I believe that my parents are my ancestors and I am my child's ancestor. In other words, those are things that physically occurred and there is no physical/observational conspiracy.
The term ancestor is not cultural. It is physical. As in, we may not actually have any free will in cultural or qualia space. In the sense that, the only instance of choice (by the universe) occurs at conception. Which is actually the expected and occums-Razor implementation. Meaning that, the brain is entirely deterministic. The choice of behavior of an organism is entirely determined and constrained by it's genes (which the universe constructs at hopefully a quantum level at conception). If we eliminate quantum mechanics even at conception, then life is entirely deterministic (though obivously the range of it's choices is large). In fact, one could argue, if there is free will, then it doesn't conform to natural selection (or exceeds the performance of natural selection), in the sense that it adds something beyond what is specified by the random choice of the universe in it's conception of a particular organism. The point (or atleast observable performance) of natural selection, as I understand it, is to construct a variety of life objects that have varying performances. If the life objects are entirely Newtonian deterministic, then the instance of quantum wave collapse (by God or whatever is making non-deterministic choice, as we are in our egotistical mind, want to add something non-determinstic to our life soup) occurs only at every instance of conception. Everything after conception is a rube goldberg machine.
If consciousness adds non-Deterministic (quantum) free will and behavior to an organism, then such organisms are implementing a different version of natural selection than other life. If natural selection is occurring in cell cultures entirely on the basis of genes (ie the performance behavior of an organism is optimized by it's changing genetics, and these changes are only constructed at conception), which is what natural selection appears to describe, then we have added something to the natural selection process by claiming consciousness adds another instance of egocentric quantum choice.
There is no absolute way, hence solipsism, but in practical terms, I expect that you are instantiating consciousness because we share a common ancestor.
My consciousness is a direct result of my parent's teaching + the 2 languages spoken. It isn't spontaneous. Also, the structure of our brains are largely similar so I would assume you are conscious in a similar way, occupying a subset of valid qualia space. My brain is nothing like silicon. The expectation that a very complicated piece of metal is somehow exploiting a physical phenomenon that is present in a human brain is non sensical imo.
The reason why I posted is because at some point I was also misled about singularity discussions. That computers have existential value because of complexity. They do not. They are not observers of the universe.
I believe that conciousness operates at a quantum level and is an electro magnetic field. Effectively it is a field created by the deterministic structure of the brain, as constructed by genes. Like water running through a cave.
Calculations (logic, emotions) are particular paths through the quantum vector field space. Essentially the performance of 1+1=2 in a human brain, is a an electron or a set of bounded electrons or whatever sub-deterministic molecules, going through an established arithmetic cave structure. Not understanding that 1+1=2 occurs when the cave structure that is required sends the electron into a non-valid (as per the definition of the universe) path in the quantum field vector space. The universe does not recognize this quantum field vector space as valid knowing, and there is no instance of conciousness that is equivalent to the knowledge that 1+1=2. This may occur in a brain that is not familiar with arithmetic or the brain structure that is required to construct a conforming electron path is destroyed.
Free will is exercised, in the sense that it is performed at the non-determinstic level (quantum size) by the choice of calculations to perform (and act on).
The field must also alter the deterministic structure.
A computer system that answers questions logically, creates distributed processes, writes correct distributed threaded code, can operate and create a set of Turing machines, can correctly respond to human social and body language, can create a B2 bomber automatically from scratch without any input, maintains contextual memory in silicon still isn't anymore conscious than a rock. Metallic complexity is not producing instances of consciousness and never will. Computer science has nothing to do with understanding the biological, microscopic electromagnetic phenomenon that produces an instance of consciousness. Silicon is not oxygen+water+blood+flesh+an electromagnetic field, which is the substrate that produces consciousness. It's dishonest to impressionable people to refer to AI as conscious or to view computers as anything but objects like tanks, spoons, speakers. There is no intrinsic value to a computer systems existence, apart from the observation by humans, of the actions it performs (and said humans life system support). There is no value because they are not collapsing the wave function to observe anything (ie, exhibiting free will at the microscopic level smaller than what is observed by deterministic molecules). The only value AIs have is the value formed by the consensus of living humans that can observe their actions. Consciousness is a physical phenomenon specified in the fabric of the universe, discovered by random by life on Earth, that yield(ed) better survival for the implementing organism.
got back from giant, diet cream soda and diet lemon lime soda getting livestream up
http://allthingsd.jobamatic.com/a/jobs/find-jobs/q-Zynga/l-S...
^on september 17 as the site scrolls listings
Senior Patent Counsel is the first listing. Looks like they might have found someone
Will be updating with prior art but please post if you have anything
Here is basically what they want to patent:
Purchasing virtual currency with real currency where the virtual currency cannot be returned to real currency into a gamgling game.
Using the virtual currency in the gamble and deducting/awarding the user appropriately.
2 claims that say the same thing: associating a virtual item to 2 users (implying that a virtual item can change hands, wow what an innovation zynga, thanks) and purchasing a virtual item with virtual currency
Transfering virtual currency and in the process verifying a social connection, between 2 users and placing a limit on how often they can do this.
Software patents need to be invalidated but we'll get into that later
I will be doing a live stream or a local recording of me trying to implement this "innovation" to be "defended" for ~20 years in the interests of the progression of science and arts in the shortest ammount of time