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by yters 7y ago
Perhaps, but the ability for the population at large to think critically also has great value. If you dumb down the populace even more by spoonfeeding them acceptable information, then they become even more susceptible to bad reasoning. I
872.
by yters 7y ago
or, we could look at it as the greatest opportunity to teach critical thinking that has ever existed.
873.
by yters 7y ago
In each case I pick out an algorithm beforehand that will inflate my zero bits to whatever artifact I desire.
874.
by yters 7y ago
To some degree, the media needs to treat its audience like grown ups who are capable of thinking rationally and coming to reasonable conclusions. The more they try to handhold everyone, it will produce two effects: reduce audience ability
875.
by yters 7y ago
In that sense, I can losslessly compress everything down to zero bits, and recover the original artifact perfectly with the right algorithm.
876.
by yters 7y ago
I like how all our problems get tied to global warming these days. Certainly boosts the theory's credibility.
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by yters 7y ago
I totally agree, and we need to hold all sides accountable, not just the favorite bugbear. Thing is, there are credible voices taking a counter perspective, and they should be heard and given blame (and praise) for their accuracy in predict
878.
by yters 7y ago
that's just for illustration also, the solver does not have access to the formula. they must infer the formula from truth values
879.
by yters 7y ago
I think many humans can pass it, I will be testing. I can at least. Correct answer is the original boolean formula, minus the noise. E.g. the original formula might be (a & b) | c. If the human can provide the correct truth value for t
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by yters 7y ago
Also, their big principle is human insight over algorithms and machine learning. This was derived from experience in Paypal, where human in the loop approaches worked much better for fraud detection than algorithmic approaches.
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A scientific test for true intelligence(mindmatters.ai)
2 points by yters 7y ago|4 comments
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by yters 7y ago
sure, but it's easier
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by yters 7y ago
or apply both insights and modus tollens, and conclude our brains were not produced by evolution
884.
by yters 7y ago
Do you think any finite amount of time, no matter how long, will eventually seem too short? Even if you live a gazillion years, eventually you will reach the end, and you will yearn for immortality all over again. The only real solution is
885.
by yters 7y ago
The religious view is the best of both worlds: immortality and children. No wonder religions are the most fecund, whereas atheism tends to sterility.
886.
by yters 7y ago
That's just a semantic argument. Humans have an ability no other organism has to create and maintain biological systems. It is the only thing that could possibly save an ecosystem from collapse. If humans are eliminated, then so is
887.
by yters 7y ago
Or the source of life lies outside the physical plane. Modus tollens to the rescue!
888.
by yters 7y ago
Sure, there is always a possibility of return, at least on a 2d plane (not 3d), but still mathematics will have to be revoked to favor low probability macrostates. Certainly an ambituous goal!
889.
by yters 7y ago
First they need to revoke mathematics, that less probable states will transition to more probable states.
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What's Hard for Computers Is Easy for Humans(mindmatters.ai)
2 points by yters 7y ago|0 comments
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Coronavirus danger not as clear as we think(spectator.co.uk)
2 points by yters 7y ago|1 comments
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Current Artificial Intelligence Research Is Unscientific(mindmatters.ai)
2 points by yters 7y ago|0 comments
893.
by yters 7y ago
That's the article being responded to. It leaves so many questions in the air, like why is excellent targeting indicative of natural selection, as opposed to excellent genetic engineering? or, why can't engineers use an unknown b
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by yters 7y ago
The last thing is 'profit'!
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by yters 7y ago
That's been the general vibe the popular tech press has been spouting for awhile. That NNs are somehow a major step towards AGI, which'll 'capture the lightcone of the future' to quote Sam Altman. At some point, we&#x27
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Three out of four young NYC coronavirus fatalities had medical conditions(thecity.nyc)
2 points by yters 7y ago|0 comments
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Math shows why the mind is not a formula(mindmatters.ai)
4 points by yters 7y ago|0 comments
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by yters 7y ago
LOTR, Narnia series, Planet Trilogy, Back of the North Wind. LOTR and Narnia awaken my imagination to something beautiful beyond this world, which set the course of my life. Back of the North Wind's meditation on death somehow put me
899.
by yters 7y ago
Is the crisis being used as a bully stick against religion?
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by yters 7y ago
Yes, I agree there is always a faster Turinng machine for a particular target. With this sort of argument, all bitstrings have a compression of zero bits. I.e. you pick a TM that has the target bitstring as output for the null string. And

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