Intelligence is Unstoppable

Newcomb’s Paradox Beyond the Matrix and Vice Versa

Newcomb’s Paradox is one of the central dilemmas in decision theory. Various thinkers have approached the problem in different ways (in fact, there are scores of analyses), and it is the basis for a memorable scene between Keanu Reeves’ Neo and Lawrence Fishburne’s Morpheus in The Matrix.

Look for David Chalmers, Ray Kurzweil, and many other Singularity luminaries in this doc about the Matrix, science fiction, and philosophy, The Hard Problem: The Science Behind the Fiction:

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