“Philosophy of computation: meaning, mechanism, mystery” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USF1H70bRl0 … Basis of my tweets yesterday about computers & social facts
Smith’s point: if we mainly use computers to mean things (as we do), a theoretical account that ignores meaning is woefully inadequate.
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The field we call “theory of computation” is incredibly valuable; I wish more people knew it. It is not a theory of computers in practice.
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My draft I quoted yesterday has a more practical orientation than Smith’s:
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