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Lawjarp2 t1_itawli3 wrote

Reply to comment by camdoodlebop in Thoughts on Full Dive - Are we in one right now? by fignewtgingrich

It wouldn't be. Simulation is way more energy intensive. If it wasn't we wouldn't have many diseases as we could test most medicine in simulation.

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camdoodlebop t1_itax4re wrote

well we don't know how efficient simulations can get, technology is getting more efficient all the time

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Lawjarp2 t1_itazm4m wrote

AI based simulations are not true simulations, they are approximations. True simulations of the universe, or even just a few molecules, down to the fundamental particles is prohibitively expensive.

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