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Re:Semantic reconstruction of continuous language from non-i... by lawrenceyan on Saturday October 01, 2022 @04:12AM (#33044937)
Do you mind giving me an eli5 of what the indeterminacy of translation states? I don’t have much of a philosophy background.
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Re:Semantic reconstruction of continuous language from non-i... by morelisp on Saturday October 01, 2022 @04:36AM (#33045032)
" A vector basis set for all human experience sounds like it’d be pretty impossible and actually incoherent and anti-empirical."
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Re:Semantic reconstruction of continuous language from non-i... by lawrenceyan on Saturday October 01, 2022 @10:16AM (#33046705)
Why would it be impossible? Everything about a human being can theoretically be deterministically simulated.
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