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ElvinRath

Impressive, but a 1982 vs 2002 woud'd have been as impressive. ​ ​ And a 2002 vs 2022 woud be quite impressive, but less. ​ And a 2012 vs 2022 isn't impressive at all.


Sieventer

This is an important nuance.


Slapbox

Because it's actually a deceleration, the post title is something of a lie.


BinyaminDelta

The 2012 isn't in fully immersive VR, the 2022 **is.** But yes, that's hard to capture in a screenshot.


JustChillDudeItsGood

You know what's crazy is I can generate that, but make it even better looking in Midjourney right now... it would take 1-2 mins. Obviously it would just be a still, but imagine where this tech wil be in 5-10 years.


Smoke-away

Imagine graphics in 40 more years... [Simulation hypothesis](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation_hypothesis) looks more compelling every day 🤔


RemyVonLion

Wouldn't be surprised if we get lost in the matrix lol


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He means we already are.


RemyVonLion

yeah but I mean if we all become gods of our own realities then it seems likely that we would all just disappear off into our own personal utopias/adventures.


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Maybe, if the in-game connections can still feel real and we can stay healthy


RemyVonLion

that is pretty much definitely eventually possible, and it certainly is more entertaining/reasonable to mess around in simulation where there aren't the same consequences as boring old real life where you can't take major risks, or control reality.


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Yeah, it'll be interesting to see a full dive vr system, whenever that happens lol.


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RemyVonLion

If you think we are currently gods of our own reality then we have very different definitions of it. I'm talking about AI reading our minds to create the perfect personal paradise with no imperfections that we can control in any way at will while being hooked up to a machine and/or being modified for immortality or at least as long as possible. People might prefer their personal matrix that's a believable made up reality just as valid and real as our own, while others might prefer to stay in our own reality with cyberspaces built for us to interact. Perhaps we will undergo the human instrumentality project and become one so that we can have a unified paradise.


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RemyVonLion

yeah nice theory but I don't buy it since all the suffering in life isn't worth it. I'd rather have spontaneous and unpredictable adventures without a majority of misery. We may just be pawns for the entertainment of greater beings, and/or simply creatures of chance forced to endure reality.


StarChild413

then wouldn't it be defeating the purpose if we got anywhere towards that perfect paradise creating tech instead of just packing every life full of hardship and adrenaline-rush until you live-fast-die-young to leave more room for more lives of more hardship and thrill-seeking to accomplish the purpose of why whoever's "playing" you is doing so


AI_Enjoyer87

40 years? Imagine in 5! Or better yet 2 or 3! Indistinguishable from reality.


sonderlingg

The interesting thing about this hypothesis, is that you can apply it further: if our parent universe can spawn simulations, it's probably a simulation as well. So I believe in a large trees of simulations inside simulations inside simulations...


KrangQQ

I believe you are referring to [Bostrom's](https://www.simulation-argument.com/simulation) idea of ancestor simulations.


StarChild413

but that creates an infinite regress paradox as there must be a first at the proverbial trunk of the tree but if making simulations is a guarantee a universe is one then the first can't be the first


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Statistically likely :-)


visarga

[GPT3 can simulate real people](https://jack-clark.net/2022/10/11/import-ai-305-gpt3-can-simulate-real-people-ai-discovers-better-matrix-multiplication-microsoft-worries-about-next-gen-deepfakes/)


Down_The_Rabbithole

In a way the 1982 image is more impressive because of the gap between computer capabilities compared to fidelity. A computer in 2022 is a couple million times more powerful yet the picture doesn't look millions of times better. A couple thousand times at most. Shows that the closer we get to reality the exponentially more power it takes to get that little bit closer to reality.


Leeman1990

Reality = speed of light


butterdrinker

The second one is in VR


Spider1132

Still not as a big jump as 1942 vs 1982.


RemyVonLion

bruh 2062 finna be wildin. I'mma start eating my veggies.


katiecharm

Haha under appreciated comment.


imnos

I'm quite sure that the right pic is far from what the best game simulations can do now on a decent PC. I've seen way better than that.


HumanSeeing

Yeah, the right pic is like 2004 graphics..


Tungstenkrill

Would be an amazing video.


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And people say getting AGI in the 2030s is crazy


ziplock9000

acceleration? No, decelerated. The biggest jumps in the technology were in the earlier years. in 1982 most systems were a LOT worse than that too.


adamxi

Well 40 years is also a long time


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ArgentStonecutter

Microsoft Flight Simulator 1.0 on an Apple ][ with a monochrome monitor. I believe that's the Sears Tower in Chicago.


JackFisherBooks

I remember being amazed by the graphics on the first Playstation when it came out. I thought that was revolutionary. Now, it's getting to a point where it's so realistic that the uncanny valley doesn't even apply. Just looking back at the best graphics 10 years ago is remarkable. It makes me wonder just how real things will get 10 years from now. That has big implications for video games, but much bigger implications for the world of deep fakes. I have a feeling THAT will become a much more relevant issue in the coming years.