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necopinus
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It just occurred to me that @vgr's formulation of AI as "a camera, not an engine" finally helps fill in the "unknown knowns" quadrant of Donald Rumsfeld's (in)famous 2x2 in a satisfying way. https://studio.ribbonfarm.com/p/a-camera-not-an-engine
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Venkatesh Rao ☀️
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Blogged a quick reaction to this along with another connection that emerged https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2024/01/24/unknown-knowns/
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Ike
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Interesting read and I like the quick dip in India's history (I'm woefully ignorant having received the typical ego-centric American education). I had a different idea of what "unknown knowns" are. Haven't properly put a pen to it but something like the different between "intuition" and consciously knowing something.
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necopinus
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That’s closer to how I was thinking of “unknown knowns”. Noospheric dark matter — ideas and knowledge whose presence is implicit in other things we “know”, but where no one’s actually made the connection. Though I think @vgr makes a good case that willful forgetting can also create such dark matter.
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necopinus
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Maybe… Cold Noospheric Dark Matter: Unknown Knowns that have never been known knowns. Hot Noospheric Dark Matter: Unknown Knowns that consist of actively erased known knowns. “Hot” because that’s the stuff that’s more likely to burn you…
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