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Ha, I could be one of those non-crypto-primary casters here (not sure if you’d consider it interesting though), but I feel like there’s no audience here (yet). Chicken and egg…
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Enjoying all these screenshots of fascinating and entertaining ChatGPT conversations. Makes me feel good about writing about software and meaning — seems like a good time investment for when we start looking for what we have to offer over machines… https://stefanlesser.substack.com/p/problem-solving-and-combinatori
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Perhaps this article is better suited as an introduction. It addresses your point about “90% before words”, which Relevance Realization is all about, as it is pre-conceptual, ie. acts before we have formed conscious concepts which are needed for language. https://iai.tv/articles/the-return-of-meaning-auid-2043
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But even if Relevance Realization turns out to be the wrong model, just reading Mark Johnson and George Lakoff seems to also suggest that it’ll need more than just more processing power. I’m no expert at all, but it seems quite obvious.
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I’ve been on this 4E Cognition trip for a while and found the Relevance Realization framework quite a good perspective on why scaling isn’t going to magically solve this, but I can’t tell if it’s not well known or if it’s been refuted somewhere I didn’t look…? http://www.ipsi.utoronto.ca/sdis/Relevance-Pu
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What do you mean by helpful? As a creative constraint to reach latent space escape velocity? I guess what I’m trying to understand is what makes GPT bullshit different from Frankfurtian bullshit? That can be creatively inspiring or constraining too…?
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It’s interesting to consider what Apple do in App Review as a form of content moderation, just like eg. Twitter make decisions about which tweets are not ok, and what accounts are suspended. It’s sort of the same problem, but Apple gets away with the most aggressive form of moderation and the most elaborate rule se
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Last week I wrote about certainty and plausibility — wish these two concepts would be more appreciated. "Science isn't believed in because it gives us certainty or facts. Science is believed in because it gives us self-correcting plausibility." https://stefanlesser.substack.com/p/profoundness
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Sounds a lot like Gordon Brander: Decentralization that causes or moves centralization to a higher level. https://twitter.com/gordonbrander/status/1596664483753197569
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I’m currently using the smallest Breville (or Sage, as they’re called here in the UK), which doesn’t have an integrated grinder. Using a manual grinder instead and love it: https://1zpresso.coffee/
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I second Breville machines. Well designed and robust. Also using heating elements that work quickly after turning on. Sure, fancy Italian machines are nice too, but need to warm up longer or be left on. And if you’re into lattes, you’ll want separate circuits for hot water and steam. Not needed with fast heating el
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It was always about a good combination. Past (pre-pandemic) was skewed towards office, some industries today skew towards remote. Best remote companies I know do well-organized regular in-person events. Best office companies I know have flexible but clear rules for remote work.
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Reminds me of https://www.recurse.com/social-rules
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Remember when it was just like, “Let me just drop this bit of content here on the web for everyone to see”? Then everybody had to learn how to layout. Then how to design. Then how to program. And now everybody is expected to know how to create good interactive mobile apps. Or have the money to pay someone who d
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