Not sure why true randomness is relevant to detecting simulations or escape. Are you thinking about something along the lines of detecting simulation by cracking the pseudorandom generator behind the scenes?
It also doesn’t seem to me that detection and escape are that directly related.
I am saying that if there is no true randomness, then the universe could be seen as a predictable program. If we are in a simulation seemingly random events are the output of a pseudorandom random number generator. If there is true randomness a superintelligent machine can’t perfectly predict the future and test the limits of the universe to determine if it is simulated.
Perhaps 100% understanding of the universe is not needed to escape. This is an intriguing point. It does seem to me most possibilities for escape require detection.
If there is true randomness a superintelligent machine can’t perfectly predict the future and test the limits of the universe to determine if it is simulated.
The existence of true randomness eliminates some ways of detection of simulation, but not all of them. A simple example is detecting a bug in the simulation, which in theory doesn’t need to depend on randomness at all.
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It does seem to me most possibilities for escape require detection.
It does seem to me that way too, but I think detection alone is very insufficient for escape, such that “If we could, could we escape?” isn’t that meaningful of a question. You probably need to discuss with many additional assumptions to have an answer.
Not sure why true randomness is relevant to detecting simulations or escape. Are you thinking about something along the lines of detecting simulation by cracking the pseudorandom generator behind the scenes?
It also doesn’t seem to me that detection and escape are that directly related.
I am saying that if there is no true randomness, then the universe could be seen as a predictable program. If we are in a simulation seemingly random events are the output of a pseudorandom random number generator. If there is true randomness a superintelligent machine can’t perfectly predict the future and test the limits of the universe to determine if it is simulated.
Perhaps 100% understanding of the universe is not needed to escape. This is an intriguing point. It does seem to me most possibilities for escape require detection.
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The existence of true randomness eliminates some ways of detection of simulation, but not all of them. A simple example is detecting a bug in the simulation, which in theory doesn’t need to depend on randomness at all.
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It does seem to me that way too, but I think detection alone is very insufficient for escape, such that “If we could, could we escape?” isn’t that meaningful of a question. You probably need to discuss with many additional assumptions to have an answer.