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Computers don't model much at all, let alone themselves. They run static, one-off code that was fed to them by external sources, and contain no coherent, dynami
by dwaltrip 10y ago
Computers don't model much at all, let alone themselves. They run static, one-off code that was fed to them by external sources, and contain no coherent, dynamic models of real world systems. My dog models more of the world than any computer we've yet built.
Sure, some computer programs model specific things quite well. But these models are very limited, fixed, and useless without human interpretation.
- hasenj 10y ago> these models are very limited, fixed, and useless without human interpretation. What model _isn't_ useless without human interpretation?
- dwaltrip 10y agoThe models of the world inside the brain of many different animals. They sustain themselves Even the models of the world in our own brains are not fully known to us, and we largely make use of them without interpretation. Basically, any model that wasn't created by humans does not need human interpretation.
- hasenj 10y agoThat's a circular argument. You're just assuming that these models have intrinsic meaning.