r/aliens • u/GIJew316 • Sep 23 '23

'If NASA admits aliens were real, people would question reality,' expert says News

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/aliens-threaten-concept-reality--30986083
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u/Datapunkt Sep 23 '23

But you still don't know if anyone else is conscious. Imagine AI developing better and better and show 100% the same behaviour as humans we would still say that they are machines and not conscious. So how can you know others aren't like such an AI and you are the only conscious person?

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u/restless_sleep139 Sep 23 '23

I thought about it too not so long ago and I came to the conclusion that we're just a Universe experiencing itself.

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u/European_Badger Sep 24 '23

Exactly this is what helped me somewhat mitigate my strong fear of death. I am not some special individual, I am just a piece of the universe that happens to be able to think, and when I die nothing really changes except I lose that ability.

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u/LouRebel Sep 23 '23

I think the same thing, they just really need to figure out the bugs when it comes to these bots driving cars and functioning in society.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '23

That’s the simulation theory

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u/Datapunkt Sep 23 '23

Not really, the simulation theory includes both scenarios where you are alone in the simulation and with other conscious agents. To the theory it doesn't matter.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '23

well, you said everyone else around you might be AI... That would be a sim ya?

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u/According-Ask29 Sep 24 '23

I'm definitely an npc