map vs. territory – Uncommon Descent

How can computers win at chess without having even common sense?

AI succeeds where the skill required to win is massive calculation and the map IS the territory: Alone in the real world, it is helpless.

ronvanwegen Without religion (God) there is no such thing as good or bad. There is only, "I like this" or "I... – Steven Weinberg 1933–2021
Viola Lee I don't remember the details, as it was long ago that I read it, but I really liked his "Dreams... – Steven Weinberg 1933–2021
ET Neither Swamidass nor Venema knows what determined a human would develop after the successful mating between a man and a... – Will Joshua Swamidass have the floor...
polistra "Accustomed to being unaccountable" doesn't hit the point. Institutional scientists are highly accountable to the agencies who write the grants.... – Vox Popoli on COVID and loss...
EDTA And on the heels of this comes the blindingly obvious news that people who over-trust science are more prone to... – Vox Popoli on COVID and loss...
polistra I see the author (Gordon) is proposing a return to the Fairness Doctrine. Some of us have been begging for... – The Science is Settled — now...
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William J Murray Q, The point of my questions was to show that your questions depend on a particular ontological perspective for them... – Kirk Durston takes on Larry Krauss...
TAMMIE LEE HAYNES Guys, did you see this whopper? On an earlier post, I had noted the lies of Peer Reviewed Atheist Science... – The slow descent of “Science!” As...
KRock YouTube only caters to the haters. Personally, I'd put it up on Rumble—you won't be censored on that social media... – John West tries once again to...
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Querius (Crickets from William J Murray) – Kirk Durston takes on Larry Krauss...
zweston Neo-Darwinism fails as a scientific theory It is not Observable (we haven't witnessed the change of kinds in any form)... – Douglas Axe vs Joshua Swamidass…
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Jack BA77: Yes, I’ve seen you claim that before. But then again, why do you keep getting confused with atheists? Could... – Is “string theory world” in some...
mohammadnursyamsu Real science is not going to emerge from the ruins, it will just go from catastrophy to catastrophy, without hindsight... – The slow descent of “Science!” As...
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chuckdarwin more like a rag than a riff.... Oh, and of course Profs Swamidass and Venema, as biologists, don't know what... – Will Joshua Swamidass have the floor...
Lieutenant Commander Data Kairosfocus LCD, we are dealing with a distraction, one cannot address worldviews properly until one first shows that there is... – L&FP, 47: The challenge of "proof"...
mohammadnursyamsu Also, this discussion contintues to be ridiculous. KF asks, what is proof? Then throws out any logical definition of it,... – L&FP, 47: The challenge of "proof"...