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Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
Not long before you can sit down and have a multi-hour Socratic dialogue with an AI trained on your Umberto Eco antilibrary.
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ashwin
@ashwinbaskaran
Maybe finally someone (or something?) can explain Foucault’s Pendulum to me!
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Shawn
@paperclypse
It’s been a long time since I read it (but I’ve thought about rereading it). What’s confusing about it?
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ashwin
@ashwinbaskaran
It’s been 20+ years so I don’t remember the book. I do remember how highly it was recommended to me and how I tried - and sadly failed - to “get” it!
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Shawn
@paperclypse
I’ve been thinking lately about it because of the AI large language models. my recollection: The characters in FP feed a computer a bunch of made up conspiracy theories. That turn out to be true when they act on the conclusions.
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