Re:Larry Page: “I think we should look into acquiring YouTub...
by Stupulous on Sunday September 05, 2021 @05:00PM
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In the last half of the last millenium, we achieved widespread literacy, invented the printing press, made publishing available to the public, and invented the internet. I don't think we can assume the process that worked before this tech will definitely work now.
Re:Larry Page: “I think we should look into acquiring YouTub...
by Stupulous on Monday September 06, 2021 @02:27AM
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On reflection, I'd like to retract this. I was reading quickly and didn't understand what I was replying to.
It is not my belief that, left to its own devices, natural language will become unusable. It is probably true that we can get away with letting nature run its course. I do object to using this as an argument for avoiding optimization, but I don't think I'm in disagreement with the parent there. Apologies for my error.
Why not? It's done just that for countless millenia. Cavemen without Ph.D.'s in linguistics managed to develop languages for communication just fine.
Now, they could be further optimized, sure. But the default of taking no conscious action at all has historically worked out just fine for linguistic evolution.