Something I told 13 yo: Many if not most philosophical controversies are artifacts of trying to using natural language at a higher resolution than it will support.
Paul Grahamx.comSomething I told 13 yo: Many if not most philosophical controversies are artifacts of trying to using natural language at a higher resolution than it will support.
Are we able to agree on what we mean by "AGI". I've been using this definition from OpenAI which I thought was relatively standard and ok:
https://t.co/lMHgmMaLgG
AGI: "a highly autonomous system that outperforms humans at most economically valuable work"
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Andrej Karpathyx.comAnd so, while language is necessary, it does a disservice to reality. In attempting to describe the indescribable, words constrain reality. Through simplifications, generalizations, and connotations they mischaracterize and water it down. They fail to capture the complexity, uniqueness, and dynamism of life. And as a result, we never truly see,... See more
The Pursuit
Wittgenstein argued that we could not completely describe reality or fully grasp reality through our language. He suggested that we should only think about things for as long as it takes to understand them. This led to a movement in philosophy known as “logical positivism”, which stressed the importance of clarity and precision in thought.