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> You proposed we stop using the word "algorithm", I argued to the contrary K, thanks for the review. It was neither necessary, informative, nor otherwise a r

by cxr 2y ago

> You proposed we stop using the word "algorithm", I argued to the contrary K, thanks for the review. It was neither necessary, informative, nor otherwise a response to anything that I asked. You can make as many bare assertions about being right about the accuracy question as you want. No amount of them is going to transmute these sorts of replies into one that can't be plainly identified as avoiding the question I did ask, but you can keep trying if you want.

Dalewyn 2y ago
You asked: >Let's stop with the abuse of the word "algorithm". I pointed out that it's not an abuse. If that is not the question you asked, then sincerely: What the fuck did you ask?
- cxr 2y ago
  > You asked:¶ >Let's stop with the abuse of the word "algorithm". That's not a question. For someone with such strong feedback in a discussion about words and their meanings, you sure have a lot of difficulty actually working with them, huh? * * * In one double-barreled remark, you managed to pack in four claims—three explicit, and one implicit. The three explicit ones being that, in comparison to "artificial intelligence", "algorithm" is: - "more accurate" - "more descriptive" - a "better"(?) word choice. Ignoring the dumb false dichotomy that you pulled out of thin air and the ahistoricity of the other claim about "AI" succeeding "algorithm" when it comes to social media, I have repeatedly asked you to defend the second claim. You insist on doing anything but that—mainly by focusing on the first (and then reverting to posting low-effort, overconfident insults like, "Please come back when you at least have a basic understanding of how computers work"). > Without even touching how every other thing you said is wrong (esp. about it being accurate), how is "algorithm" more descriptive than "artificial intelligence"? <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40235433 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40235433> > you're answering a question I (explicitly) didn't ask, and not the question I did ask. How is "algorithm" a more descriptive term (your words) than "artificial intelligence"? <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40242056 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40242056>

by cxr 2y ago

Dalewyn 2y ago

You asked: >Let's stop with the abuse of the word "algorithm". I pointed out that it's not an abuse. If that is not the question you asked, then sincerely: What the fuck did you ask?

cxr 2y ago
> You asked:¶ >Let's stop with the abuse of the word "algorithm". That's not a question. For someone with such strong feedback in a discussion about words and their meanings, you sure have a lot of difficulty actually working with them, huh? * * * In one double-barreled remark, you managed to pack in four claims—three explicit, and one implicit. The three explicit ones being that, in comparison to "artificial intelligence", "algorithm" is: - "more accurate" - "more descriptive" - a "better"(?) word choice. Ignoring the dumb false dichotomy that you pulled out of thin air and the ahistoricity of the other claim about "AI" succeeding "algorithm" when it comes to social media, I have repeatedly asked you to defend the second claim. You insist on doing anything but that—mainly by focusing on the first (and then reverting to posting low-effort, overconfident insults like, "Please come back when you at least have a basic understanding of how computers work"). > Without even touching how every other thing you said is wrong (esp. about it being accurate), how is "algorithm" more descriptive than "artificial intelligence"? <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40235433 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40235433> > you're answering a question I (explicitly) didn't ask, and not the question I did ask. How is "algorithm" a more descriptive term (your words) than "artificial intelligence"? <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40242056 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40242056>