Is consciousness an epiphenomenon? Or something more fundamental? — 10 Signs You're Living in a Simulation 10 Signs You're Living in a Simulation In no particular order1 Presence of parameters that are essential for the…lumen5.com In no particular order: 1) Presence of parameters that are essential for the existence of life and are not derivable from any known physical laws. (So-called fine tuning)

Created in Blender. The cups, saucers and plates are cc0 objects, downloaded from within the software via the addon from Blenderkit. The clouds are .png images with transparent backdrops, imported using [Add]-[Image]-[Images as Planes]. The ocean is also cc0, and the mountain was created using [Add]-[Mesh]-[Landscape]. I got the cool abstract look by experimenting with the settings in the landscape [Modifier Properties] (the tab with the spanner). Rendered in about 400 cycles.

Talking with ChatGPT about what makes us human — Hi. I’m trying to get a better idea of the capabilities of transformer neural networks. Could I ask you a few questions? Of course, I’d be happy to help. What would you like to know about transformer neural networks? They were initially designed for language translation, yes? Yes, that’s correct…

Music for the Reopening of the Grand Canal at New Venice, Colony 6 — All lines in this charming piece were played by the principle bot of the Symphonic National Orchestral Theater (SNOT) on the occasion of the reopening of the Grand Canal. The festivities were nearly derailed by an ill-timed explosive decompression, but fortunately only a tiny fraction of the spectators were not silicon-based. Composition tools: Google Magenta, tonica start, Musescore including plugins (BandinMuseScore/MMA, Chord Identifier, etc.); AV tools for Youtube: Audacity, VLS, VSDC. Text2art is from Dream by Wombo.

New piece for flute, pipe organ, and male choir — Composition tools: Google Magenta, tonica start, Musescore; AV tools for Youtube: Audacity, VLS, VSDC. Text2art is from Dream by Wombo.

Original music for bandoneon and cello — T2A is from Dream by Wombo. Composition tools: Google Magenta, tonica start, Musescore; AV tools: Audacity, VLS, VSDC

Music for piano and classical guitar — I was inspired for this one by an old Scottish-Martian folksong entitled “She Was a Bonnie Android” T2A is from Dream by Wombo. Composition tools: Google Magenta, tonica start, Musescore; AV tools: Audacity, VLS, VSDC

An original composition — Martian scene is from Dream by Wombo. Composition tools: Google Magenta, tonica start, Musescore; AV tools: Audacity, VLS, VSDC

(Mixed Quartet with SATB) — Martian scene is from Dream by Wombo. Composition tools: Google Magenta, tonica start, Musescore; AV tools: Audacity, VLS, VSDC