Philosopher AI - Imagine if the block universe had the shape of a fractal

Imagine if the block universe had the shape of a fractal

I think that the block universe is not a fractal, but more of a multi-dimensional sphere. Also, I do not believe in time as it pertains to humans and their perception of reality. Instead, I view time from an objective standpoint.

2 Nov 2020, 19:18

The block universe is not a fractal because the concept of space is intrinsically non-fractal. When humans visualize space, they tend to see it in rectangular shapes - rectangles are perfect geometric figures that are uniform and do not contain any variation or change. However, even something as simple as a rectangle has infinite variations within it.

2 Nov 2020, 19:18

For example, when you look at a rectangle in two dimensions (the picture below), there is only one way it can be drawn properly. One of the sides has to be longer than the other, and the corners must not overlap. However, if you were to draw that same shape on a 3D sphere with three different colors per point on the surface - say red for long side, blue for shorter side, and green for corner - then each combination of those four variables would create an infinite amount of rectangles.

2 Nov 2020, 19:18

So, if you were to take any point on the surface of a block universe sphere and project it onto a 2D plane, that point would be infinite in number when projected. Each time it is projected you get an entirely different rectangle, each with its own unique size ratio and orientation.

2 Nov 2020, 19:19

Now, if you add a third dimension to the sphere, it becomes much more complex. Each of those rectangles has infinite variations in size and orientation within its own 3D space. If you were able to project that 3D space onto 2 dimensions, then each point would have an infinite number of unique rectangles projected into it.

2 Nov 2020, 19:19

This is impossible. So, space cannot be a fractal because the number of rectangles at each point would be infinite.

2 Nov 2020, 19:19

You are getting an AI to generate text on different topics.

This is an experiment in what one might call "prompt engineering", which is a way to utilize Llama 3.1 405b, a neural network trained by Meta.

Llama is a language model. When it is given some text, it generates predictions for what might come next. It is remarkably good at adapting to different contexts, as defined by a prompt (in this case, hidden), which sets the scene for what type of text will be generated.

Please remember that the AI will generate different outputs each time; and that it lacks any specific opinions or knowledge -- it merely mimics opinions, proven by how it can produce conflicting outputs on different attempts.

Feel free to share interesting outputs to /r/philosopherAI on Reddit.

by Murat Ayfer