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But how would you get those adversarial Russian oligarchs to pay for your son's wedding, if you're an AI ?

I think the 'distributed processing' model for AI, similar to ant colonies 'group think' was hinted at in Terminator 3, where the AI takes over the internet, using all the world's computing instruments ( computers, phones, cars, TVs, even your fridge ) as neural nodes. Judgement Day is coming. Skynet becames self-aware at 2:14 AM Eastern Time on August 29, 2029.

I would prefer Cyberdyne Systems' Skynet ...

Since when ?? 😄 😄

To be fair, he did say "in fiction".

I guess you're in for a really good time, then. The news says some UK politicians want it enshrined in law that Scotland, Whales and Ireland can have referendums on secession from the UK anytime they see fit. Everyone always thinks the grass is greener on the other side; didn't anyone learn anything from Brexit ? ( or is it because of D Trump opening his ignorant mouth with regard to Irish unification ? )

Aw, what do I know. I have never seen the movies or read the books. My 'suspension of disbelief' in time travel is deeply rooted in Star Trek. ( and don't get me started on parallel universes where Spock sports a full goatee )

Yes they are 'smart' TVs, but I don't like using the built-in browsers, as I've been using MS Windows since the Win 3.1 shell. ( before that I used Atari STs and Amigas ) Actually, what bothers me most about new TVs is not the 'spying', but the fact that they have to 'boot-up' just like computers; I miss the good old days of 'instant on' TVs.

Oh crap ! I'm in it really deep; both my TVs are connected to computers ... But seriously, as @Sensei says, anonymity stopped being a thing about 25 years ago. And nobody seems to care. I do format my drives every so often, though, and I never register an account with Microsoft; always as 'USER'.

There is no valid frame where that is true. So who can observe this ?

Are you sure ? On a time-distance graph it travels along a 'slope' of 186000 if using miles, 300000 if using kilometers, and 45o if using normalized units. Orthogonal is 90o, implying 'instantaneous' travel.

Never actually read JKR, or watched those dreadful movies. Fantasy is not my 'thing'. And the fact that GR doesn't disallow it, doesn't require a logical, or reasonable, explanation to the OP.

However GR does offer quite a few 'solutions' to the EFE where CTCs manifest, including these the Misner space (which is Minkowski space orbifolded by a discrete boost) the Kerr vacuum (which models a rotating uncharged black hole) the interior of a rotating BTZ black hole the van Stockum dust (which models a cylindrically symmetric configuration of dust) the Gödel lambda dust (which models a dust with a carefully chosen cosmological constant term) the Tipler cylinder (a cylindrically symmetric metric with CTCs) Bonnor-Steadman solutions describing laboratory situations such as two spinning balls J. Richard Gott has proposed a mechanism for creating CTCs using cosmic strings. From Closed timelike curve - Wikipedia

Oh ... like a wormhole ? In GR, spacelike ( outside light cone ) paths that defy causality allow for travel through time 'around' an event.

I actually have a very active imagination @studiot , but, like yourself, I'm aware of the limitations. Time travel is allowed in 3S+1T dimensions, because of the interconnection between Time and Space. You and I each have a 'wormhole machine' and we open a wormhole between us. You and your machine get on a spaceship and fly to another star system, all the while talking to each other through the wormhole, as we enjoy our conversations so much, while 1000 years pass. Once you get there you realize you miss me a lot, and decide to step through the wormhole to get back, and you find I am the same age as you saw through the wormhole. In effect, you have travelled through a Closed Timelike Loop, and gone back 1000 years in time. All valid, according to GR ( and K Thorne ). Only problem is 'wormholes' are impossible to keep open ... ( no I didn't ask an AI about this )

Let me see if I got this straight ... You have an imaginary 'process' happening in an imaginary movie, and you want to know if a LLM, designed to keep you entertained, has given you a reasonable explanation. NO ! It's not reasonable at all.

He attempts to use inane, unsupported arguments, and WAGs ( his 'handicap' ), to boost his exposure and 'popularity' ( his 'evolution' ). Unfortunately for him and his misguided efforts, one of these days, it may lead to discipline, or even a ban ( his 'extinction' ). IOW, it was a joke 🙂 .

I know what you mean, @studiot But in this case I think Limkey is just offering up an 'evolutionary' explanation for his posting style, and the opinions he expresses therein.

I realize King Charles won't do it because it is beneath him to even notice, or pay attention to, such mnatters. D Trump sued the BBC because they edited a video making him look culpable ( h was ! ) for Jan 6, and he claims this hurts his reputation and business dealings. I propose the British Government, and Commonwealth countries including Canada, bring the lawsuit as the King is our representative, and besmirching him affects us all.

Exactly. And the best we can do is use approximate solutions, like using the simplified model along with perturbations, to model these more complicated systems. The model gets closer and closer to reality, but never quite reaches it. ( my opinion is that the model can never reach the actual reality )

Everything is connected these days ... I wouldn't be surprised if your refrigerator scans the QR code on foods you place in it, then remind/encourage you, on your phone when in a grocery store, to purchase replacements.

Do they actually feel that way, or are they being told by political parties, and social media, that they should be feeling that way ? If people don't take an interest in what is going on around them, either because they are too dumb, or just don't care, you end up with a situation like the US. The old Germans who remember, and know better, are becoming old and scarce. The new generations are too 'hopped up' om social media, or they just don't care.

It seems strange, then, that countries like the Czech Republic and Slovakia have become automotive manufacturing hubs for companies like VolksWagen Group, Hyundai and Toyota, and, VolksWagen ( again ), Kia, Stellantis, Jaguar/Land Rover, and Volvo, respectively. What benefits did the former Czechoslovakia have over the former East Germany ?

Unfortunately DARPA wants them for clandestine surveillance, not earthquake rescue.

As with all things mental, people mistakenly believe that you can simply stop thinking and acting that way, whereas with physical ailments you have no choice but to be disabled. Nobody expects a cripple to stand up and walk, but a lot of people do expect mentally distressed people to think and act 'normally'. Maybe, one of these days, we'll realize that their 'computer', which controls their body, is malfunctioning, and it is also a physical ailment over which they have no control.