Corey

AI "impedes [theory because we're] interested in human-understandable theory and theory-based models, not statistical models which provide only a representation of the data. Scientific theories and models are only useful if [we understand them and] they connect transparently to research questions."

No, brain is nothing like a computer, or to put it other way, a computer is nothing like a brain.

A lot to #Unlearn from 20th-century thinking.

"Smuggles confidence into biology, where change is slower, messier and often incomplete"
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Yessss do it.

I have too many dice and don't want to be alone in this

“They arent using an arcade racing steering wheel, just a keyboard! Its different!”

Gotta hold onto that plausible (HA!) deniability as long as possible for mediocre white men

The people scrambling to say “they just input some commands!” as if that changes how damning this is, is driving me crazy. Its never going to move beyond this and other digital guardrails because of the fundamentals of machine learning. Its not proper perception and cognition!

Considering how many times these reveals happen and get more damning, I doubt its just that. And if you understand anything about how machine learning actually works its not surprising at all

It says everything really

Playing games with latency like this is fuckin wild

Exactly! The best multiplayer memories are deeply unserious

“Why do you want to play an MMO if you just want to play solo all the time”

Because parallel play is a thing dummy. I like having yall around but Im not getting caught up in your ultra competitive minmaxxing nonsense I dont have time for that shit

The breaking of brains sometimes when people find out Im married and childfree by (permanent) choice but also great with kids and actually like them.

Is it the same circle of people who say Musk stole the election via voting machines because they can’t admit that America is very racist and sexist and that people not voting because Bernie was better made a difference?

Every time I see a video of people escaping polar bears in those towers Im like “the nose is right there man just boop it. Give it a tippy tap”

Man literally said we need to blow up data centers, sooooo….

The fact that every single type of cell is capable of incredible feats is underrated because of the overemphasis on neurons

A schemtic of microtubles structures and of how they are growing/shrinking by addition/removal of elementar bricks (Tubulins)

For those who wonder:
We see the assembly of a cell's skeleton, a dynamic structure that gives cells their shape, like a sticks would do inside a plastic bag.
The fluorescence in the video is emitted at the tips of microtubules where & when elementar bricks are being added onto the growing fibers.

An intracellular meteor shower. EB3 comets tracking growing microtubule plus-ends in a cultured cell.

Mereology is the logic of part/whole relations. The neuroscientists' mistake of ascribing to the constituent parts of an animal attributes that logically apply only to the whole animal we shall call 'the mereological fallacy' in neuroscience. ' The principle that psychological predicates which apply only to human beings (or other animals) as wholes cannot intelligibly be applied to their parts, such as the brain, we shall call 'the mereological principle' in neuroscience. '4 Human beings, but not their brains, can be said to be thoughtful or thoughtless; animals, but not their brains, let alone the hemispheres of their brains, can be said to see, hear, smell and taste things; people, but not their brains, can be said to make decisions or to be indecisive.

ENDLESS circling. “The patterns of activity in the ANN’s matches biological ones!”…Okay. Now what? You MADE something LOOK like something else, what are you supposed to do with it? Not to mention all the abuse of the “mereological fallacy”
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Also the kind of work above always assumes "artificial cognition" exists and then they keep going in circles claiming they found evidence for the thing they assumed. Not how any of this works...

My elders and *recent* ancestors went through far worse. Dooming dishonors their sacrifices. They didnt die for this.

Some peoples privilege really reeks of babyshit. Stand the fuck up

The subscriptions for remote start are fuckin ridiculous

NEVER BACK DOWN, NEVER WHAT?

Well this is completely dumb as shit for all the reasons you said and we have discussed before lol. Just wild spitballing.
Ive listened to Levin talking about his work earlier this week. Its one of those so close yet so far things because symbol processing based explanations always lead to nonsense

Sounds good!

Glasses/dishes like the right, but lidded containers like the left

Because they are dumb as shit, mediocre, and insecure about it. Just disregulated as hell 24/7 and lashing out with the emotional range of a toddler

Ayo what the fuck?

Its the worst and it can make you feel crazy because…why is anyone listening to your mediocre ass? And so many of the Ai guys are some of the most deeply unserious unscientific people. The baseless assertions they make and treat as gospel gives them a special kind of arrogance that gets nasty FAST

I cant stand Joscha and I drag that man every chance I get so this is perfect I just posted about him in the thread about academics the other day

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