It is instructive to consider the following four scenarios:
1. The Kolmogorov complexity of the state of your mind after N timesteps in a simulation with a featureless white plane. 2. The Kolmogorov complexity of the state of your mind after N timesteps in a simulation where you are in a featureless plane, but the simulation injects a single randomly-chosen 8x8 black-and-white bitmap into the corner of your visual field. (256 bits total.) 3. The Kolmogorov complexity of the state of your mind after N timesteps in a simulation with “random” noise that’s actually the output of, say, a CSPRNG with 256b of initial state. 4. The Kolmogorov complexity of the state of your mind after N timesteps in a simulation with “truly” random noise.
An interesting perspective.
It is instructive to consider the following four scenarios:
1. The Kolmogorov complexity of the state of your mind after N timesteps in a simulation with a featureless white plane.
2. The Kolmogorov complexity of the state of your mind after N timesteps in a simulation where you are in a featureless plane, but the simulation injects a single randomly-chosen 8x8 black-and-white bitmap into the corner of your visual field. (256 bits total.)
3. The Kolmogorov complexity of the state of your mind after N timesteps in a simulation with “random” noise that’s actually the output of, say, a CSPRNG with 256b of initial state.
4. The Kolmogorov complexity of the state of your mind after N timesteps in a simulation with “truly” random noise.