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Venkatesh Rao ☀️@vgr
3/23/2023

There are 3 senses of generality people conflate: - Mathematical generality (universal as in turing machines and function approximators) - general as in Heinlein “specialization is for insects” quote - general as in omniscience/omnipotent like a god

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Venkatesh Rao ☀️@vgr
3/23/2023

Sloppy AI supremacists use extrapolation based on 1 and 2 to conclude 3. It’s a flat-earth type inference.