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The universe seems incredibly complex. But could its rules be dead simple? Juergen Schmidhuber’s fascinating story will convince you that this universe and your own life are just by-products of a very simple and fast program computing all logically possible universes.
Juergen Schmidhuber is Director of the Swiss Artificial Intelligence Lab IDSIA (since 1995), Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Lugano, Switzerland (since 2009), and Professor SUPSI (since 2003).
He helped to transform IDSIA into one of the world’s top ten AI labs (the smallest!), according to the ranking of Business Week Magazine. His group pioneered the field of mathematically optimal universal AI and universal problem solvers. The algorithms developed in his lab won seven first prizes in international pattern recognition competitions, as well as several best paper awards.
Since 1990 he has developed a formal theory of fun and curiosity and creativity to build artificial scientists and artists. He also generalized the many-worlds theory of physics to a theory of all constructively computable universes – an algorithmic theory of everything.
He has published nearly 300 peer-reviewed scientific works on topics such as machine learning, artificial recurrent neural networks, fast deep neural nets, adaptive robotics, algorithmic information and complexity theory, digital physics, the formal theory of beauty & humor, and the fine arts.
In 2008 he was elected member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Schmidhuber’s overview web site http://www.idsia.ch/~juergen/computeruniverse.html on the simplest explanation of the universe, with his publications on all computable universes since 1996.
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OK, but who coded the original universe, then ?
And who coded the coder?
Cyclic cosmology, look back through the depths far enough and we will never find the beginning, because the beginning did not happen.
That was me, sorry shit got out of hand.
The same reason a 3 Ghz processor is faster than a 2.9 Ghz.
Because what has already happened, history, and what is happenning right now, is the optimal computation/result of a very simple program (according to this guy). If we consider another computation/result different from this one (that is, one where there is no particular "member" for example) then we are dealing with a computation that is not optimal, or in other words, slower and longer.
We may say the code (or coder, for that matter) is simply there, no one nor nothing coded it. It's pretty much the same way they see the Big Bang, actually.
This is his best talk yet. Things are going to start changing pretty soon now, let's hope most of us make it until then.
A different way of putting might be:
If you look at our history as a 4 dimensional block of space + time, it is basically a fractal generated by a simple program. When you look at a fractal and its repeating patterns, you rarely see it missing something. E.g. if there are a row of circles getting smaller, there's usually no gaps like missing teeth.
The reason we know universe is a simple algorithm is because things don't disappear and go crazy (in our history so far at least).
When you think about how life (in the abstract) has existed, likely for all eternity…an unfathomable duration on time (and im sure at some point time itself ceases to be relevant) its difficult not to believe that some ultra advanced form of intelligence isn't cloaking our universe. Perhaps it even created our universe as Schmidhuber suggests. You have to wonder whether or not this leads us back to god.
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Physicists say potential matter exists in a probabilistic wave field and only becomes actualized matter when it interacts with an outside stimulus (or observer). Sounds exactly how a sophisticated cosmic virtual reality might operate. This means we exist outside the VR in some other form, possibly non-physical, and we enter into our “avatars” at birth to learn how to excel at this game of existence, perhaps to become better "souls." And the programmer must be something larger, still.
no deep theory…there is no code, because a code is always something limiting. Its more a field of ALL possibilities, no code, no computing…
You should read the books of ZILLMER and BEHE – they know the truth
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Does Jürgen always make the same lame jokes at every talk?
Interestingly enough all credit for creating a concept of the first computable machine went to Alan Turing, Anglo-Saxons usurping the rights to scientific achievements as usual. Scientific achievements as a part of post-colonial cultural hegemony.
Does he have to tell the same jokes at every TED talk he gives?
He didn't show anything though
Transcript please. Life's far too short. I could miss my 15 minutes.
5:12 I had the very same insight.
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This comment plays a significant role in our universe, otherwise it would not be computed.
what is that code that he said is written in that small paper
i want to know NOW
and i mean NOW
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This all pretty much rests on the assumption that the universe is computable. Most quantum physicists would argue that it isn't since they view true randomness as THE operating principle of the microworld, and true randomness annihilates deterministic computability. My opinion? See my avatar!
Juergen left out the observers effect in this theory. He refers to "free will."
But a machine or artificial intelligence can never have a living Soul. Free Will or "Soul"; however does have random aspects.
This vid is even more relevant today
String theory, digital theory, it's important to know. But, the more important question is, why? What is the point of good, evil, the experience of being alive, etc…? Life forms are conscious for what reason? Is your awareness a by-product of the Universe being itself or is it vice-versa? How can you take a mathematical process and account for love? If you can, then why has love been 'programmed' or 'made possible' for us to experience?
he talks a lot about salt of cryptography.
didnt they build the first working quantum computer last year or so?? Carrying out a few simple computations?
Dude could be smart as hell far as i know but this talk had the same substance as my speeches after 15 beers. Sorry mate
Anythiing but God………..
This is just another creation myth.
We are connected to everything but we are not one, big error in this theory's .
C̀learly AWOL from the psy. hospital
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Simulation inside a simulation inside another simulation.
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This guy is nuts
Joke stealer
Sounds like another view of Creationism.
Juergen is brilliant and an exceptional speaker. He is a mover and shaker in the field. No wonder he generates some hatred/envy within the scientific community,