“The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” Einstein, which I would rather put as “The world as we have created it is an expression of our knowledge. It cannot be changed without changing what we know.”
“Every person is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time”, said Voltaire. The age of AI is proving him wrong.
@Philip_Goff Discussing "the nature of reality" assumes that there is "reality" (A or THE reality) Why would that be assumed? We would, surely, first need describe what "reality" is.
@skdh Anything that increases human intelligence is good. Why the pessimism about AI, which has that aim? Of course, it doesn't happen all at once. Our intelligence didn't happen in one go. Think of AI as Augmented Intelligence.
"Skylark
Have you seen a valley green with spring?
Where my heart can go a-journeying
Over the shadows and the rain
To a blossom covered lane
So if you see them anywhere
Won't you lead me there"
- sung by Ella Fitzgerald
"Wheat Field w/ Lark" (1887) by Vincent van Gogh
#lyrics
"Have I been blind
have I been lost
Inside myself and my own mind
Hypnotized, mesmerized by what my eyes have seen?"
- 1995 song by Natalie Merchant
"Persistence of Memory" (1931) by Salvador Dali
@MuseumModernArt#SURREALISM#painting#lyrics
I wish for Peace
I wish for Brotherhood and Sisterhood
I wish for Hatred to end
I wish for Love to prevail
I wish for the Safety and bright Future of our Children
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2025 !!!