Ditch the instrumentalism and embrace pragmatism then.
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Replying to @Psychonothing1 @EmojiPan and
instrumentalism is just pragmatism about science.
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Replying to @cyborg_nomade @Psychonothing1 and
Instrumentalism about science is fine so long as you see its strict limitations. But an overblown instrumentalism will have the same fate as that of logical empiricism. Duhem's critique regarding the underdetermination of theories by data tests alone is still uncontested.
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Replying to @NegarestaniReza @cyborg_nomade and
"Data tests" are a poor theoreticist translation of practical applications, which is in turn a vague way of talking about winning games. AlphaZero provides the concrete model for transcendental tests, or unsurpassable demonstrations.
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Replying to @Outsideness @NegarestaniReza and
alphazero? seriously? your new god is nothing more than a mashup of the computer from wargames and roko's basilisk.
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Replying to @Junk_lzn @Outsideness and
haha, yes, let's claim singularity is at hand boardgame by boardgame. Get real.
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Replying to @NegarestaniReza @Junk_lzn and
Platonic-Hegelian sneering at AlphaZero is exactly what is to be expected from dementia-phase neohumanism.
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Replying to @Outsideness @NegarestaniReza and
... Retcon the entire AI literature to remove all hints about what machine triumph in Go was going to mean.
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Replying to @Outsideness @NegarestaniReza and
>the entire AI literature I read Google's press release. all we were given was the vague reassurance that "the same technology" could be used to manage climate change, and handle other international crises. this was 4 years ago... in that time, they've taught it to play chess.
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Replying to @Junk_lzn @Outsideness and
that press release also talked about how before tackling geopolitics and climate issues, it would be used to make an upgraded version of Siri. I guess they're running behind schedule, and just decided to skip that step?
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This is how @Outsideness ploy unfolds: "Guys I saw some codes, they were very exotic so they must be ligit. I also came across some math equations which looked awesome."
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Replying to @NegarestaniReza @Outsideness and
reject all authority! (except the Outside, which is math problems I don't understand)
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