It’s not too hard to write Eliezer’s 2^48 (possibly invalid) games of non-causal-Life to disk; but does that make any of them real? As real as the one in the article?
I am having trouble figuring out what the word “real” means when applied to the game of Life. I do know, however, that if my Life game client had a “load game” function, then it would accept any valid string of bits, regardless of where they came from—a previously saved game, or a random number generator.
It’s not too hard to write Eliezer’s 2^48 (possibly invalid) games of non-causal-Life to disk; but does that make any of them real? As real as the one in the article?
I am having trouble figuring out what the word “real” means when applied to the game of Life. I do know, however, that if my Life game client had a “load game” function, then it would accept any valid string of bits, regardless of where they came from—a previously saved game, or a random number generator.