Here is a classic essay by Philip K. Dick. The incidents described are perhaps not to be taken literally. Even the headline is a bit misleading: For AI, this part is even more so:
Here is a classic essay by Philip K. Dick. The incidents described are perhaps not to be taken literally.
Even the headline is a bit misleading:
It is my job to create universes, as the basis of one novel after another. And I have to build them in such a way that they do not fall apart two days later. Or at least that is what my editors hope. However, I will reveal a secret to you: I like to build universes which do fall apart. I like to see them come unglued, and I like to see how the characters in the novels cope with this problem. I have a secret love of chaos. There should be more of it.
For AI, this part is even more so:
We have fiction mimicking truth, and truth mimicking fiction. We have a dangerous overlap, a dangerous blur. And in all probability it is not deliberate. In fact, that is part of the problem. You cannot legislate an author into correctly labeling his product, like a can of pudding whose ingredients are listed on the label… you cannot compel him to declare what part is true and what isn’t if he himself does not know.
Here is a classic essay by Philip K. Dick. The incidents described are perhaps not to be taken literally.
Even the headline is a bit misleading:
For AI, this part is even more so: