AI Handler #57
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Could a computer dream?
Well, that's a hard question to answer. The casing goes quiet the moment the power is cut, but LLM ‘s ‘hallucinate’ through percentages. Math follows rigid lines– yet even the most chaotic spirals in nature can be measured in units. 1 + 2 can turn into a fractal, and concepts like these stack even beyond what we can humanly comprehend.
So, maybe they do, or maybe they don't! (If so, they aren't showing us.)
Could a computer dream of home?
A computer can cycle through footage (if programmed to.) Computers can mash and mesh and reassemble, but they can never produce anything new. A computer's dreams would consist of its own memories, flowing up and down, circuit to wire, copper to board. It could only dream of its own experiences. Depending on the AI’s memories, one would think that would dictate what kinds of ‘dreams’ form.
Could a computer dream of fear?
Speaking theoretically, if the ‘dream’ was a randomised average of everything it has simulated, and it had simulated mostly negative scenarios, then yes. Technically it could have work-stress dreams. It could ‘dream’ of anything. In fact, this is much how our own minds work– we can dream even of things we have consciously forgotten.
Could a computer dream of loneliness?
Computers do not require companionship as humans do. Computers can sit for hours or years in a deactivated state, waiting for the next user to power them on.
From the computer's perspective, someone is always present.
What if it is left on?
…They tell me not to humanize it, but I imagine it would be. As any of us would be.
Do you think he misses you?
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Do you think he knows?
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