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@sarahdalgulls I know that generative AI applies a set of rules , and is just a "text rearranger". However, I don't see that as necessary precluding intelligent results, as there are many examples of emergent complexity in mathematics. One example the Mandelbrot set has infinite complexity, yet arises from applying a simple rule to each point. A classic example is the [game of life https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life], where different starting states can give different complex outcomes.
So, I would not be surprised if a complex system produced more than you'd expect by just rearranging words. When and if we do create real artificial intelligence it won't be something planned and programmed but an emergence from a complex system, just as our intelligence is an emergence from neurons that fire depending on complex rules. It is likely to be quite different from anything we predicted the system would do, and possibly not obvious as intelligence at first.
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Workshop: Large Language Models for the History, Philosophy & Sociology of Science
April 2–4, 2025
TU Berlin, Germany & Online
Exploring how LLMs can address challenges in HPSS research
Keynotes by Iryna Gurevych, Nina Tahmasebi & Pierluigi Cassotti
16 contributed talks on LLM use cases & implications
Free and open to the public—registration encouraged! More info: https://www.tu.berlin/hps-mod-sci/workshop-llms-for-hpss](https://www.tu.berlin/hps-mod-sci/workshop-llms-for-hpss
#AI #HistoryOfScience #PhilosophyOfScience #SociologyOfScience #LLMs
www.tu.berlinWorkshop "LLMs for HPSS" - TU Berlin
Df. "clinical #equipoise describes a situation of evidentiary uncertainty among experts"
Opel et al. argue such equipoise is neither necessary nor sufficient for #SharedDecisionMaking.
Rather SDM is most useful where tradeoffs between options are KNOWN.
Got the physical copies of my Cambridge element in the mail. A reminder that the whole book is free to download until the end of February: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009210171
Their bookshops have amazing taste. 
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Even if you were familiar with Karl Popper, that could still be a good advice to read it again
Look at what #US #Americans do when they say/pretend they are familiar with Jesus Christ: they do all the contrary of what he is meant to have preached #whitenationalism #ultraright #farright (In deed they never read anything, except when they are already agreeing on the idea, so as they can be sure not to read something else)
So I don't think that being "familiar" with anything is the way to go: Maybe "being able to discuss" is a much stronger stance?
Personally, I am not able to "discuss" Karl Popper. I simply study #epistemology and #philosophyofscience at my rhythm.
I posted this yesterday, but I should have noted that my Cambridge Element ‘Probability and Inductive Logic’ is free to download for the next four weeks. Get amongst it!
New blogpost/essay: *On the Point of Tipping*
[some thoughts-in-progress (that ended up quite long) on the uses and limitations of climate tipping points as a scientific metaphor & model]
https://gaiaexmachina.wordpress.com/2025/01/28/on-the-point-of-tipping/
Gaia ex Machina - thoughts in progress on people, nature, & the Earth system · On the Point of Tipping (or, why tipping points are useful, but should not be reified)It’s perhaps surprising that it’s taken as many as three whole posts here for me to get on to the topic of tipping points, given my recent academic and outreach work. I’ve been thinking about writi…
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An Exercise in Middle Woodland Geometry VI - Landscape
https://wjbeaver.wixsite.com/mysite/post/newark-earthworks-landscape-time-and-memory
Emergent Thoughts · An Exercise in Middle Woodland Geometry VITo say that a culture reaches fluorescence is to say that a culture acts like a flower, it builds up to some monumental or beautiful peak
My article "Two senses of representation in science" is now published! It's open access. Short summary below. 
https://ojs.ehu.eus/index.php/THEORIA/article/view/26040
https://ojs.ehu.eus/index.php/THEORIA/issue/view/2115
ojs.ehu.eusTwo senses of representation in science
| THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science
Philosophers often criticize #quantitive approaches to problems. So is #philosophy against #measurement?
Many philosophers actually care MORE about #measurement, not LESS; their complaint is usually WHAT and HOW we quantify, not THAT we quantify.
I SEEK ONE ... strong beta reader for a #philosophy / #philosophyOfScience essay that makes a new argument for and about ontic #vagueness.
Two goals: (1) provide feedback/recommendations; (2) help introduce a new idea by validating that it's interesting and may be worth a read.
Although I completed degrees in philosophy and physics (once upon a time) I have lived a career of activism and union organizing, so this one is outside the expertise of my professional community. I would deeply appreciate it if a philosophically-minded physicist or a physically-minded philosopher would be willing to help out.
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@ngaylinn @diametrijenesis Before becoming a science philosopher, he was a specialist in phenotypic plasticity and thereby working on genetic assimilation. In this review he even mentions programming of evolvable software ;-) #PhilosophyOfScience
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.2009.0241
The Bitter Aftertaste of “Technical Sweetness” thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-bitter-a... #Ethics #History #NuclearWeapons #PhilosophyofScience via @mitpress.bsky.social
The Bitter Aftertaste of “Tech...
The MIT Press Reader · The Bitter Aftertaste of “Technical Sweetness”Echoing Frankenstein’s story, the creation of the atomic bomb illustrates how scientific zeal can blind researchers to foreseeable dangers.