@Meaningness Read http://slatestarcodex.com/2017/09/05/book-review-surfing-uncertainty/ …? .@slatestarcodex seems to think embodiment is not a good fit for PP, book author does, thoughts?
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Yeah, I was intrigued by that! I’d need to read the book, or at least a more detailed summary, to have an opinion.
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Andy Clark is a smart guy, though I’m irritated he got credit for the extended mind stuff, which I & others worked out a decade earlier
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@slatestarcodex write-up, which is first I’ve heard of it, Surfing sound like “control theory is the whole story!” which is implausible1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Kalman filters (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalman_filter …) are an attractor in idea-space that sucks people in for a while. “Wow, this explains EVERYTHING
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“The brain is just layers and layers of Kalman filters!” “No, sorry dude, that is known-doesn’t-work AI idea #34.”
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But maybe that has nothing at all to do with the book. Since Clark is a smart & good guy, I vaguely intend to see if there’s more to it.
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Ah, yes, I see from my first quick google that he invokes Kalman filters explicitly. Sigh… this is a common pitfall.
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The B&BS discussion is at http://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/~karl/Whatever%20next.pdf … which is probably the best way to learn more if one wants to do so!
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