squarely rooted
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will stancil vs. fifty megatons of question-begging
September 20, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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These arguments were part of ongoing live political disputes. And passionately felt, with good cause since they matter! Still though I come away fairly confident that philosophy is gonna continue to be worth studying. It's where those debates live!
September 20, 2026 at 10:29 AM
These arguments were part of ongoing live political disputes. And passionately felt, with good cause since they matter! Still though I come away fairly confident that philosophy is gonna continue to be worth studying. It's where those debates live!
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thanks google thats exactly what i meant
September 19, 2026 at 2:41 PM
thanks google thats exactly what i meant
Again: what we’re doing here is defining “understanding” as “the thing that humans do.” If a model is accurately absorbing new information, solving unsolved problems of incredible difficulty, engaging in detailed back-and-forths, but is not “understanding,” the word “understanding” has no meaning.
In any case, your original claim that what an LLM does "requires comprehensive understanding" is demonstrably false because an LLM does not and cannot understand anything.
September 19, 2026 at 10:16 PM
the salazar thing has big time canary in a coal mine energy
September 18, 2026 at 12:47 AM
the salazar thing has big time canary in a coal mine energy
you've taken a good first step, now please report for...uh...improvement. yeah let's go with that. STI check required.
September 17, 2026 at 6:05 PM
you've taken a good first step, now please report for...uh...improvement. yeah let's go with that. STI check required.
oho, the fact that you did not contemplate the possibility of one hundred trillion permanently orgasming krill dominating the universe only shows the shortcomings of your rational intellect
September 17, 2026 at 4:24 PM
oho, the fact that you did not contemplate the possibility of one hundred trillion permanently orgasming krill dominating the universe only shows the shortcomings of your rational intellect