The territory, the map, and the cartographer each belong in entirely different categories. Yet, we tend to confuse them with each other The thing, the abstraction that captures an actionable aspect of the thing, and the intelligence that is capable of generating new abstractions
-
-
A road takes you from A to B, but a road-building company takes you from anywhere to anywhere else. An operationalized abstraction solves the task for which it was designed, but intelligence -- the ability to produce abstractions -- can solve arbitrary tasks
Show this thread -
The difference is akin to the gap between drawing cartoon characters and creating new lifeforms
Show this thread
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
And our models often drift, detailing a ghost, as opposed to the ever-shifting territory
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
Don’t confuse a trained model
w/ DNA that encodes how to initialize it. Don’t confuse nucleotides
w/ the epigenetic environment that compiles it. Don’t confuse biology w/ the universe that created it.
Don’t confuse hardware w/ software.
Don’t confuse self with non-self
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.