Man Builds a Computer Inside Minecraft

[Wondermint13]

Any excuse for another Minecraft topic I see,

 

[fierydemise]

He states in the video that this was created by creating a level from a PNG file, so he hasn't actually been jumping around placing blocks manually. The design itself is pretty impressive, though!

Really the gate level description of an ALU isn't hugely complex from a design standpoint. As long as you have working logic gates with consistent performance the design is pretty trivial. Not trying to diminish his work, its very cool and the commitment is quite impressive but design-wise its nothing groundbreaking.

 

[imawesome511]

I think it's only a matter of time now before MineCraft becomes self-aware. This guy's computer is sweet for just 16 bits, and I bet it's going to be "hack"-compatible and more sophisticated pretty soon, seeing how much time this guy must have on his hands >_> Sentience is drawing nearer...

Which would be cool, if you think about it. Imagine if someone used blocks to build an AI, and the AI was given an infinite number of blocks to build with. What would it build? Another AI? A separate virtual existence in which to build it's own universe?

I need to go sit down, this is blowing my mind.

And yeah, that wouldn't be possible, just as in real life what you see from a computer is limited to a computer screen, as in minecraft the data is limited to torches..

Actually this is very possible. A computer isn't just limited to a screen this thing if it starts to think and learn it has all the same capabilities as a human being and also if it is a computer it probably would eventually get the power to learn much faster than humans! And if it thinks it probably could alter its programming and eventually be able to hack things and get into secret projects of big corporate and government projects! And ohhhhhhhh this would be annoying if it was a program that you would write and let run all the time...

 

[targren]

Bah, an ALU is no big deal. You really can't call it a 'computer' until it's Turing-complete.

 

[Pandora92]

so hes made tron with crappier graphics?

i really need to try this mincraft thing that all you wacky kids play these days

 

[Andrewtheeviscerator]

Wow that is pretty impressive, certainly a lot of things to do in mine... wait a sec. This thread is from 2010!

What the hell! is there some sort of rule now were your first post has to be a necro or something now?

 

[Pearwood]

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*slowclap* Oi mods, come lock this >.<