If we had the technological power, would humans run simulations of universes with Planck length precision? Obviously yes. So extrapolating from our one and only example of intelligent life (us), it seems like intelligent life enjoys stimulating universes. If our reality were the result of that kind of project, and the engineers lived outside the laws of physics, I would call them higher beings. And they could be as hands-off or as interventionist as they pleased.
theilleist
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I always liked that Marain, the common tongue of the Iain M. Banks Culture novels, was a conlang in universe.
You remind me of God in this classic:
A holocaust survivor dies of old age and goes to heaven. When he gets there, he meets God and tells him a holocaust joke.
God says, "That’s not funny."
And the man says, "I guess you had to be there."
Aw, come on.
"Cartoonist found dead in home. Details are sketchy."
"Where's the best place to hide after committing murder? Behind a badge."
"Did you know today is the anniversary of the Jonestown massacre? I'd tell you a joke about it, but the punch line is too long."
Yeah, robots looking at photos of kids that their parents voluntarily posted on the internet is no laughing matter. Way more serious than, say, violent crime. And nobody makes jokes about that, do they?
While I personally wouldn't want AI inserting trains into photos of my kids without my consent, many kids like trains, and they could add some whimsy to an otherwise uninteresting picture.
This, but unironically.
Give shitty advice, get a shitty summary of your own shitty advice.
Which part is directly excluded?