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This is a generalisation, but it finds expression in the [[The Singularity is Near|nearby singularity]], the [[simulation hypothesis]], the more breathless aspirations for [[AI]], [[Blockchain]] maximalism, and the slack-jawed wonder with which [[Thought leader|thought leaders]] regard [[Alpha Go]]. | This is a generalisation, but it finds expression in the [[The Singularity is Near|nearby singularity]], the [[simulation hypothesis]], the more breathless aspirations for [[AI]], [[Blockchain]] maximalism, and the slack-jawed wonder with which [[Thought leader|thought leaders]] regard [[Alpha Go]]. | ||
The underlying premise: the universe is monstrously complicated but nonetheless fundamentally bounded, [[Finite and Infinite Games|finite]] and probabilistic. It is ''complicated'', not [[complex|''complex'']]. | The underlying premise: the universe is monstrously complicated but nonetheless fundamentally bounded, [[Finite and Infinite Games|finite]] and probabilistic. It is ''complicated'', not [[complex|''complex'']].<ref>A variety of this disposition is that [[complex system]] is just a special type of [[complicated system]], which in turn is just a special type of [[simple system]]. See [[Conway’s Game of Life]].</ref> | ||
By this view the time is now close at hand, whereby the means to calculate everything is at our disposal. We now have the processing power to take colossal “[[noise]]” and from it extrapolate a [[Signal-to-noise ratio|signal]]. We don’t necessarily understand ''how'' the machines will do this; just that they will, and far from [[algorithm|algorithmic]] inscrutability being a matter of concern, it is part of the appeal: there is no “all-too-human” bias.<ref>At least, until the algo goes rogue and becomes a Nazi.</ref> | By this view the time is now close at hand, whereby the means to calculate everything is at our disposal. We now have the processing power to take colossal “[[noise]]” and from it extrapolate a [[Signal-to-noise ratio|signal]]. We don’t necessarily understand ''how'' the machines will do this; just that they will, and far from [[algorithm|algorithmic]] inscrutability being a matter of concern, it is part of the appeal: there is no “all-too-human” bias.<ref>At least, until the algo goes rogue and becomes a Nazi.</ref> | ||