The future of the real

Question 1

Welke opvatting heeft Rees over AI-bedrijven zoals OpenAI?

Answer 1

Hij beweert dat deze bedrijven bestaande overtuigingen en theorieën uitdagen en nieuwe manieren creëren van denken en begrijpen.

Question 2

Wat stelt Rees over GPT-3?

Answer 2

Hij stelt dat GPT-3 traditionele onderscheidingen tussen mens en machine op het gebied van taal en redenering uitdaagt.

Question 3

Hoe differentieert Boelstorff de VR van de SL?

Answer 3

• Virtual worlds are distinct from actual worlds because you can logg off: this is the main distinction
• The virtual is part of the human condition - VR , as SL, is just a new modality.

Question 4

What are the different modalities in VR?

Answer 4

• Virtual worlds
• Simulations
• Immersive reality (VR- glasses, full body VR)
• Augmented reality (for example - Pokemon Go)
• Books? → Maybe humans have always been virtual?

Question 5

What are the temporary limitations of VR?

Answer 5

• Only vision and audio, not touch, taste, smell etc,
• According to developers: touch, smell and taste (tricking your nervous system/receptors to “think” touch, and smell) will come soon, making VR worlds indistinguishable from the «really real», according to developers

Question 6

What is Messeri trying to illustrate with optical illusions?

Answer 6

• How can this question us on what is real and what is not?
  → Because these kinds of illusions are able to trick our brain
• Understanding how this illusion plays out, explaining how Europeans were more likely to fall for a particular illusion because they were mentally advanced.
• What you see and what you experience is the real

(Messeri)

Question 7

Embodied perception

Answer 7

Perception has nothing to do with the truth or the real, it has to be embodied

(Messeri)

Question 8

Artificial life

Answer 8

Digital organisms, evolution in the digital space

(Helmreich)

Question 9

What does Rees says about GPT-3?

Answer 9

ChatGPT is a parrot; it just repeats at what you are saying