Running algorithms over data isn't intelligence; metaphysics trumps physics
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This is the one this is why metaphysics Trumps physics every single time. The physics gets you so far, and then it just stops and you're stuck.
Episode 113: Substance Dualism (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:42:11 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
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Summary
AI, brand safety and content moderation all come back to data collection: running algorithms over a data set. Dave says that isn't how intelligence works. Pointing to John Carmack's optimism about general intelligence, he argues physics only gets you so far, and if you don't understand the metaphysics you hit a wall no matter how smart you are. Dave builds much of his own metaphysics on Leibniz.
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Episode 113: Substance Dualism (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:37:51 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
it's just running algorithms over over a data set. That's not how intelligence works.
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