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Re:The singularity is close? by lern_too_spel on Thursday March 31, 2022 @11:58PM (#30875028)
If that were true, the brain itself could not work. Clearly, there are stabilizing systems within the brain that lead to outputs that don't result in immediate death. Similarly, ANNs have many local minima that can all perform a task well.
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Re:The singularity is close? by chrisco255 on Friday April 01, 2022 @12:26AM (#30875183)
No, I am speaking of the creation of a simulation of a working brain from the atomic level, Which is impossible.

The brain works fine because it is made of real atoms in the real universe. It is not a model. It is physical.

Chaos theory does not say that the outputs of a system cannot be bounded by physical limitations.

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Re:The singularity is close? by windows2020 on Friday April 01, 2022 @01:27AM (#30875448)
Could there somehow be a pattern deep within the chaos that biological life propagates?
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Re:The singularity is close? by lern_too_spel on Friday April 01, 2022 @02:02PM (#30881293)
Chaos theory says that in some systems, slight perturbations result in wildly different outcomes. Slight perturbations happen in brains all the time, yet they work. It's nothing to do with physical vs. simulation.
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