Damien99 Posted July 5, 2020 #1 Share Posted July 5, 2020 I came across this tweet where a physicist programmed an algorithm to predict the rest of 2020 with what happens the beginning. Can this really predict the future https://mobile.twitter.com/dvperepelitsa/status/1278344450347958273 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted July 5, 2020 #2 Share Posted July 5, 2020 4 minutes ago, Damien99 said: I came across this tweet where a physicist programmed an algorithm to predict the rest of 2020 with what happens the beginning. Can this really predict the future https://mobile.twitter.com/dvperepelitsa/status/1278344450347958273 Wait and see. May the god's forgive me I actually went on twitter, the end is nigh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orphalesion Posted July 5, 2020 #3 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Pretty sure that's a joke. I mean, come on driver-less cars gaining "sentience"? No need to worry about that twitter post, it's just for humour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien99 Posted July 5, 2020 Author #4 Share Posted July 5, 2020 (edited) 1 minute ago, Orphalesion said: Pretty sure that's a joke. I mean, come on driver-less cars gaining "sentience"? No need to worry about that twitter post, it's just for humour. I am not sure what training an algorithm is so not sure if they are accurate with predictions Edited July 5, 2020 by Damien99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted July 5, 2020 #5 Share Posted July 5, 2020 (edited) How can an algorithm predict random stuff? It's all nonsense. Edited July 5, 2020 by acute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted July 5, 2020 #6 Share Posted July 5, 2020 2 minutes ago, Orphalesion said: I mean, come on driver-less cars gaining "sentience"? That happened already. Back in the 80's. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien99 Posted July 5, 2020 Author #7 Share Posted July 5, 2020 3 minutes ago, acute said: How can an algorithm predict random stuff? It's nonsense. He program the ml algorithm to predict it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orphalesion Posted July 5, 2020 #8 Share Posted July 5, 2020 9 minutes ago, Damien99 said: I am not sure what training an algorithm is so not sure if they are accurate with predictions Huh? Sorry I really don't understand what you're saying here. 7 minutes ago, XenoFish said: That happened already. Back in the 80's. Yeah but that was the 1980s. Everything was possible in the 1980s 4 minutes ago, Damien99 said: He program the ml algorithm to predict it Again, it's a joke. If you are so worried go on twitter and ask that person for the data they used. Hell, ask them whether it is a joke. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien99 Posted July 5, 2020 Author #9 Share Posted July 5, 2020 2 minutes ago, Orphalesion said: Huh? Sorry I really don't understand what you're saying here. Yeah but that was the 1980s. Everything was possible in the 1980s Again, it's a joke. If you are so worried go on twitter and ask that person for the data they used. Hell, ask them whether it is a joke. How do you know it’s a joke? He is a scientist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted July 5, 2020 #10 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Why do I get the feeling that this will be just another end of the world thread. 2 minutes ago, Orphalesion said: Yeah but that was the 1980s. Everything was possible in the 1980s Back when creativity was a thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted July 5, 2020 #11 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Just now, Damien99 said: How do you know it’s a joke? He is a scientist A scientist can't have a sense of humor? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jethrofloyd Posted July 5, 2020 #12 Share Posted July 5, 2020 2 minutes ago, Damien99 said: He is a scientist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted July 5, 2020 #13 Share Posted July 5, 2020 It may or may not be humor. He wouldn't be the first crazy scientist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orphalesion Posted July 5, 2020 #14 Share Posted July 5, 2020 1 minute ago, Damien99 said: How do you know it’s a joke? He is a scientist Because the tone of both the post, and the comments is clearly humorous. (Again, bloody sentient cars?) and name drops several pseudo-scientific calamities (pole shift, vacuum decay, a huge solar flare sending us back into the stone age) doomsday peppers are generally obsessed with. All it's missing is the return of Nibiru. Plus if it was serious they would have likely included the data they used to create the algorithm. And an algorithm isn't prophecy, it just works from the data you feed it. Here's an explanation: https://www.quora.com/Can-algorithms-predict-the-future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien99 Posted July 5, 2020 Author #15 Share Posted July 5, 2020 I don’t get that tone from it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted July 5, 2020 #16 Share Posted July 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Damien99 said: I don’t get that tone from it Of course you don't. That doesn't change the fact that it is a joke and you don't get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted July 5, 2020 #17 Share Posted July 5, 2020 As this is clearly another topic based on you searching for "false vacuum decay", and as you have been told not to start any more this topic is closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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