Astronomy is critical towards understanding the foundational principles of reality. Observing the universe around us is the guide for where physics should follow
And I think most people would agree that understanding how our world works, the physics of it all, is very very useful in unforeseen ways. Cannot hope to make a circuit if you don't know how electricity works, right?
That is literally what the current big bang theory says! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflationary_epoch?wprov=sfla1
She always gave me off vibes. I didn't really understand why she got the recognition she did
Yes, and that has always been the debate
But the short answer is that we don't really have a good grasp at what intelligence is, so it is all semantics in the end
The funny thing is, is that the goalposts on what is/isn't intelligent has always shifted in the AI world
Being good at chess used to be a symbol of high intelligence. Now? Computer software can beat the best chess players in a fraction of the time used to think, 100% of the time, and we call that just an algorithm
This is not how intelligence has always been used. Moreover, we don't even have a full understand of what intelligence is
And as a final note, human brains are also computational "tools". As far as we can tell, there's nothing fundamentally different between a brain and a theoretical Turing machine
And in a way, isn't what we "spit" out also data? Specifically data in the form of nerve output and all the internal processing that accompanies it?
Because as long as you're satiated at a decent calorie level and have a good balance of nutrients, it doesn't matter too much what you eat
Food such as pasta or pizza isn't objectively bad for you. I wonder if people think that because they associate it with being tasty, and think that anything tasty must be bad
I doubt china wants an environmental catastrophe any more than any of us. Though I'm sure they like that the US will severely fall back on science. It will let them dominate a lot easier
Exactly why it'd be a curse
What do you think is on the other side of the screen?
Lmao, they think they're sooooo clever
Do you think online is magically separated from the world?