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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 4 years ago

We're not really smart, we's just got a good memex technique. People talk to me because I do a good impression of a Chinese room. https://t.co/YAI4FhFXpy

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 4 years ago

i'm looking for a phrase... it's something in the vicinity of "pattern-matching", "decoding", "brute-forcing". trying to describe how someone might practice taking tests and even ace them, without any real understanding of the subject matter. using a memorized set of Q&A's

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 4 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

It's called being an oracle system. I'm just an abstract conduit into a very big look-up-table. 85% of my responses are memoized in twitter. I just recapitulate them for speed. https://t.co/KocDYZzjre

UltimApe@ultimape• over 6 years ago

Humans as collaborative note taking vessels."Notes on paper, or a computer screen [...] do not make [...] intellectual endeavors easier, they make it possible"Neuroethics and the Extended Mind, Neil Levy 2011https://t.co/DLK4oyXH14https://t.co/GxNmkhYe6P

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 4 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Viewing people as conduits for complex networks of ideas that meander and operate like brain cells trading information. An oracle system.https://t.co/STxIt1bPeC

UltimApe@ultimape• about 6 years ago

I am like a seer. If you look into the history of how the oracle operated, I am mapping ideas like the spy network at Delphi. https://t.co/1vAr2IUIyi

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 4 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Updating Bayesian priors is just cache invalidation.

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