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Wendy 2022-04-19 09:02:44
exist or die
An avant-garde work that has extensive influence on virtual world-themed sci-fi movies, adapted from Galoye's novel "Triple Simulation", the appearance of the appearance of consciousness. In the era of no special effects, the use of lenses and music to create a virtual world is very eerie. The...
Mascha Rabben
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Fred Stiller: Here's a riddle I came across: imagine a drawing of a Greek warrior holding a spear looking to his right and taking a step. With a turtle going the same way. First, does that ring a bell? Ever seen such a drawing?
Franz Hahn: Me? What's this all about?
Fred Stiller: Vollmer left me this drawing. Does it mean anything to you?
Franz Hahn: Bizarre, if you ask me.
Fred Stiller: Bizarre, sure. Does it remind you of anything?
Franz Hahn: Maybe.
Fred Stiller: What?
Franz Hahn: Zeno.
Fred Stiller: Zeno?
Franz Hahn: Yes. Zeno's paradox. Achilles and the tortoise. Achilles tries to overtake the tortoise, but cannot. By the time he reaches where it was, the turtle has moved ahead.
Fred Stiller: What could the paradox mean to our work?
Franz Hahn: I'm only the psychologist for the creations. But, as I recall, the paradox is meant to show that movement is an illusion.
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Franz Hahn: I can imagine what Vollmer's shattering discovery was. I bet it had to do with his attitude towards the identity units we'd programmed in his computer. You remember how he called them "my children".
Fred Stiller: He was only joking.
Franz Hahn: You can't spend years feeding data into a computer that allows for the simulation of every aspect of human behavior without asking yourself if it might lead to the creation of something resembling human consciousness.
