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People in the 16th century had the notion of scrying mirrors - presumably without analogous experience. I'm sure you could explain FaceTime to a person from the
by ALittleLight 2y ago
People in the 16th century had the notion of scrying mirrors - presumably without analogous experience. I'm sure you could explain FaceTime to a person from then. "This magic glass shows me the view and transports the sound from the magic glass of a friend or family member and vice versa, with their informed consent."
- _1tem 2y agoExactly. You would explain the concept to them using analogous experiences they have had. What experience has an LLM had?
- lostmsu 2y agoThis has nothing to do with experience. What experience can you have when people explain to you behavior of many dimensional hyperbolic space? When you learn SVD matrix decomposition? You don't need experience, you need some basic concepts.
- _1tem 2y agoAbstract mathematical concepts can eventually be traced back to simple integers, which are traced back to an experience of things in the world (a toddler learns to count 1, 2, 3). And it is precisely because higher mathematics is so far abstracted away from physical experience is the reason why many people struggle with it. Besides, many great mathematicians have explained their knowledge as an "experience" even "spiritual experience". Not all experiences are physical. Ramanujan described his experience of mathematics as lights and sounds and patterns, and this is common among geniuses. > you need some basic concepts Agreed. All basic concepts are an experience.