Re:The bigger-is-better approach to AI is running out of road
by Legend2440 on Sunday June 25, 2023 @12:11AM
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A concept is an abstraction.
Abstractions are a way to characterize the behavior of complex systems. It's not feasible to directly compute their behavior, but they still have predictable properties. Concepts let you handle emergence; you can manipulate an object as its own thing rather than a collection of atoms.
(And yes, I did just read Stephen Wolfram's book and this idea is largely based on it. I think he has some delusions of grandeur but is also onto something.)
Abstractions are a way to characterize the behavior of complex systems. It's not feasible to directly compute their behavior, but they still have predictable properties. Concepts let you handle emergence; you can manipulate an object as its own thing rather than a collection of atoms.
(And yes, I did just read Stephen Wolfram's book and this idea is largely based on it. I think he has some delusions of grandeur but is also onto something.)