idea: as long as throwing more neurons at a problem to solve it is cheap, a mind is disincentivized from figuring out higher-level structure
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nah, still too obvious a question, probably answered in some paper about impl-ing Prolog; meta: quicker to figure out or to find the paper?
had similar thoughts when alpha go won. I think practically brute force & understanding are not distinct activities.
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why abolish a useful distinction though? knowledge about the structure of a problem can drastically narrow the search space
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if you're wondering whether you're spending too much time trying to understand without just doing it, answer is yes
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fortunately we can mostly "brute force" or use current best strategy, and v infrequently assess for inefficiency
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