If we were created then the creators probably put fail safes so we can't see our own code.

3 years ago by ghostfrog to c/showerthoughts

Was thinking about this in terms of AI. As we create it we are probably going to put fail safes on it. So it would be reasonable then to assume if we were created the same thing would be programmed in us.

Gregorech 16 points 3 years ago

But we can that's what DNA is and we are learning how to rewrite it.

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ghostfrog 4 points 3 years ago

That's true, I wonder where consciousnesses falls into that?

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Gregorech 5 points 3 years ago

C.S. Lewis once said you are a soul, you have a body.

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KrimsonBun 9 points 3 years ago

now we need to protest against god to open source humans or make a libre alternative

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jesterraiin 8 points 3 years ago

Hard to say. It depends on what kind of programs/robots we were. It might be that certain percentage of us are our creaters, it might be that we got rid of our creators, it might be that there's only one creator...

Too many possibilities.

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SPOOSER 2 points 3 years ago

Does not compute error error error cheezoid hates self

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Buffalox 4 points 3 years ago

Nah, they'd allow self modifying code to see what we do with it.

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kaktus 3 points 3 years ago

But we might be able to reverse engineer it. Isn't that what we are doing, kinda?

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ghostfrog 2 points 3 years ago

If only they left an instruction manual

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Thoth19 3 points 3 years ago

And you think they did it correctly? Every large SW project has bugs. I assume this one would as well.

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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