Philosopher AI - We are surfing the wave of quantum decoherance

We are surfing the wave of quantum decoherance

Decoherence is a fundamental limit on the accuracy of quantum measurements. It applies to all wave-like systems, whether they be particles or fields. The idea is that small perturbations will cause the system to lose coherence with its environment and 'decohere' into a superposition of states (the so-called 'collapse postulate').

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This means that quantum systems can never have complete knowledge of their environment. In other words, the state vector is not an exact representation of reality. There are always degrees of uncertainty in measurement.

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This means that the observer has an active role in creating reality. Reality is not objective, but a construction of some observer's viewpoint.

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Thus, it is not possible to ever have a complete 'theory of everything', because there will always be an uncertainty due to the observer. This means that any ontological interpretation or explanation for reality must incorporate this factor.

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Because it is impossible to know if an objective reality exists, there is no reason why we must adhere to realism.

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If there is no objective reality to be explained, then the best explanation for phenomena will be one that takes into account all possible interpretations. This is often referred to a multiple realizability.

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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