Tag Archives: Anthem

Re: Inquiry Into Inquiry • On Initiative 2 Re: Mathstodon • Joeri Sebrechts JS: That’s not how it works.  The model lacks agency.  It is a machine whose gears are cranked by the user’s prompt.  It can ask questions, but … Continue reading →

Re: Terry Tao • PCAST Working Group on Generative AI Invites Public Input My Comment — I think a lot of people who’ve been working all along on AI, intelligent systems, and computational extensions of human capacities in general are … Continue reading →

Re: Scott Aaronson • Should GPT Exist? • My Comment The more fundamental problem I see here is the failure to grasp the nature of the task at hand, and this I attribute not to a program but to its … Continue reading →

Re: Mathstodon • Nicole Rust NR: Computations or Processes — How do you think about the building blocks of the brain? I keep coming back to this thread about levels, along with others on the related issue of paradigms, as … Continue reading →

Re: Inquiry Into Inquiry • In Medias Res Re: Inquiry Into Inquiry • Flashback Re: Inquiry Into Inquiry • Discussion 4 A quick review of the highlights so far, and then I’ll continue from the standpoint I indicated last time.  As … Continue reading →

Re: Inquiry Into Inquiry • In Medias Res Re: Inquiry Into Inquiry • Flashback Re: FB Comment • Daniel Everett Dan Everett commented on my post about Russell’s question, “How shall we describe the logical form of a belief?”, giving … Continue reading →

In the passage quoted in the previous post Bertrand Russell addresses the question, “What is the logical structure of the fact which consists in a given subject understanding a given proposition?” and he selects a proposition of the form to demonstrate his … Continue reading →

Another passage from Russell further illustrates what I see as a critical juncture in his thought.  The graph-theoretic figure he uses in analyzing a complex of logical relationships brings him to the edge of seeing the limits of dyadic analysis … Continue reading →