• Deceptichum@kbin.social
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    So what’s an eyeball then?

    Our perception of reality isn’t real, it’s just light hitting a lens and being decoded by an organic computer.

    Or to paraphrase the philosopher Jaden Smith: How Can Cameras Be Real If Our Eyes Aren’t Real

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      Add to that the fact that our brains run software that doesn’t even try to faithfully store images and you have part of the reason that photos are, currently, more reliable than eye witnesses. That may be changing though.

      Our brains are natural intelligence and perform natural learning. The results are even less reliable, predictable, and repeatable than the results provided by artificial intelligence.