Tag: Consciousness
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“Does God Play Dice With The Universe?”: An Intuitive Explanation of Quantum Superposition, Differentiated from the Uncertainty Principle
Firstly, it is worth differentiating quantum superposition from Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle- the former representing the non-classical simultaneous occupation of two (seemingly exclusive) states, and the latter being a constraint on the measurement of a system or state. The most well known example of superposition is Schrodinger’s cat, but I think I can do one better.…
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The Intersection of AI, Free Will, and Ancient Philosophies
What wisdom can 3000 year old scripture shed on AI and consciousness? Whilst the rest of the old world tried to investigate the nature of reality by studying the objective world, there were a group of people who understood that this endeavour had limits. Given that we experience the world through the subjective lense of…
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