Philosophy Wire: AI Universe. Our universe. Do you understand?

For the first time, astrophysicists have used artificial intelligence techniques to generate complex 3D simulations of the universe. The results are so fast, accurate and robust that even the creators aren't sure how it all works. The Deep Density Displacement Model can accurately simulate how the cosmos would look if certain parameters were tweaked -- such as the dark matter composition of the universe -- even though the model never received training data where those parameters varied. [1] Computers will one day understand everything. Without ever understanding nothing. And we will celebrate. And we will die. And we will love again. And the universe will move on. And the cosmos will evolve. Without even caring. Of who understands the why…

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