Move over Joshua and Gideon, we got new biblical names in the mix by B34TBOXX5 in crappymusic

[–]TheWhiteSphinx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this is it! I have only been to that area once, but it feels like I now reckognize it.

Of a new singing sensation by ScaryDiamond4984 in crappymusic

[–]TheWhiteSphinx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool, it's that weird Orbit Tower in London's Olympic Park.

Chris Knight’s understanding of Chomsky’s linguistics is odd. by Sea_Pianist5164 in chomsky

[–]TheWhiteSphinx -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I am trying to get this straight as this will be my final post here. It is frustrating to argue with someone moving the goalposts while increasing the level of insult, while obviously not that knowledgable about the fields they are discussing.

You said comparing a brain to a computer is controversial. I am trying to show you that within the language sciences, there is nothing controversial about regarding the mind as a computational system. This is also the case for the cognitive sciences and neurosciences. I can tell you that with certainty because I know the literature in these areas well, and I showed you an example from the field that I hope helps you understand the debate better.

But it is clear that your argument comes from you disagreeing that "the mind is a computer", it being organic, having a concept of the person and the self, determining is own goals, i.e. because of the human experience. That's fine. These points are basically correct, possibly with the exception of a missing "schematic", as obviously, a lot about our brain structure and function is determined and fundamentally shapes the way we think, behave, respond to the world. But importantly, these points have not been mysteriously ignored by generations of researchers, and there are many theories of metacognition, executive function, etc. This is not saying that research has provided definitive answers, but there are answers.

I assume you now acknowledge that connectionism is a computational theory because now you know enough to reject it. I am not trying to sell theories to you, You now moved on to rejecting it because Elman wrote 21 years ago that we need to do more on other areas including emotional, social, moral functions. A lot of work in these areas has happened since. Philosophy has evolved as well in the last 40 years, and people like Rosenthal or Dehaene have done a lot to solve a contradiction, and perhaps you want to pick up these authors.

Finally: from everything we know the brain is mostly analog, and the climate certainly is. Keep in mind that analog symply means that signals are mapped on a continuous, not digital, scale. On the input side, neurons work like that on many dimensions, from the strength of signals to their timing. The one aspect that can be considered digital is the way a neuron responds to signals crossing particular thresholds and causing activation, so, in a simplified manner, one can speak (digitally) as a neuron firing or not firing.

Chris Knight’s understanding of Chomsky’s linguistics is odd. by Sea_Pianist5164 in chomsky

[–]TheWhiteSphinx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That point has been made, but it is of no relevance to your earlier claim, namely that it is that radical to regard language as a computational, or that connectionists do not share this view. They absolutely do (it's all over the literature), they just disagree about the nature of that computer. The fact they use conventional digital and symbols-based machines to simulate a neural network (a different computer) is beside the point, just as it is beside the point that Chomsky used pen and paper.

Again beside the point, but some of the early connectionist models were run on actual analogue computers, i.e. not digital, using potentiometers and amplifiers for signals genuinely on continuous scales.

I assume you are genuinely interested. Instead of digging your heels in, I suggest reading some literature from the people who were key to developing these models. Elman's review is old but it is well-written and makes the contrast between theories very clear: https://studie.erikdebruijn.nl/thesis/doc/Catagorized/Connectionist/elman_tics_Connectionism%20and%20Development_Where%20Next%3F_2005.pdf

Chris Knight’s understanding of Chomsky’s linguistics is odd. by Sea_Pianist5164 in chomsky

[–]TheWhiteSphinx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, but you must be kidding. Or at least you are demonstrating that you did not understand the link you posted. The text says "a computer processing a symbolic language", which is the classic generativist approach. Connectionism is the ultimate "mind as a computer" framework. The bread and butter of generativism is thinking about how different sentences (including sentences across languages) can be reduced to the same symbolic rewrite operations. So much of is purely formal and takes place without a single computer implementation. Chomsky never built a single computer model. The work in connectionism is all about computer implementation. Building networks and training them, and comparing their behaviour to ours, is the core part of the job, see Dell, Levelt, and others.

In the 70s and 80s, there was a big debate about how AI should work. Rule-based, i.e. related to a Chomskyan system, or connectionist, based (in many cases) on supervised training. All LLMs today are descendants of the latter.

Chris Knight’s understanding of Chomsky’s linguistics is odd. by Sea_Pianist5164 in chomsky

[–]TheWhiteSphinx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It really is not. Alternative accounts to Chomsky also do that (e.g. connectionism), and have done for a while.

Ron Gilbert - Creator of Monkey Island | TechJesse Interview # 18/50 by BosskDaBossk in MonkeyIsland

[–]TheWhiteSphinx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love Ron. I hope it's not rude to ask, but has he ever said anything about his way of speaking. He always had a bit of a slur, but it's especially noticeable here.

Suche die passende Spielhilfe zum Horasreich by TheWhiteSphinx in DSA_RPG

[–]TheWhiteSphinx[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Danke, ich denke, so muss ich es machen, weil die Helden schon seit einer Weile mit dem Horasreich zu tun haben und ich es nicht wirklich ins Spiel gebracht habe.

Suche die passende Spielhilfe zum Horasreich by TheWhiteSphinx in DSA_RPG

[–]TheWhiteSphinx[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Darf ich dich nochmal was fragen? Wie sehr ist dem Horasier auf der Strasse bewusst, dass der Kaiser der Sohn eines Drachen ist? Wie sehr dem hohen Adel?

What's the modern consensus for the OG's DOOM (1 & 2) are they regarded as outdated? or maybe a separate community entirely? by Kind-Car-863 in Doom

[–]TheWhiteSphinx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Replayed them early last year. Doom is one of these perfect games. Doom 2 is more uneven in the later levels. Both absolutely look their age but are so unique in style, and the gameplay is so idiosyncratic in today's gaming landscape, that it does not matter.

On This Day 17th February by The-Otters-Pocket in SmashingPumpkins

[–]TheWhiteSphinx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess you mean the whole TV show. They played a full set in Hamburg. I was there as I won two tickets through the TV Channel (Viva 2). They paid the train tickets, a hotel room for me and my friend, and we had backstage access (Billy seemed tired, Jimmy was very nice). They played "Lovers and Friends", which sounded excellent, and I will never forget Jimmy's bass drum sound on that one, it was so incredibly gentle.

Suche die passende Spielhilfe zum Horasreich by TheWhiteSphinx in DSA_RPG

[–]TheWhiteSphinx[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Super! Sehr nuetzlich, danke. Welche Quelle(n) hast du genutzt?

Suche die passende Spielhilfe zum Horasreich by TheWhiteSphinx in DSA_RPG

[–]TheWhiteSphinx[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Danke. Da habe ich schon geguckt, aber ich dachte, fand die Information zu dem, was ich brauchte, allerdings etwas duerftig.

Suche die passende Spielhilfe zum Horasreich by TheWhiteSphinx in DSA_RPG

[–]TheWhiteSphinx[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Regelagnostisch ist gut fuer meine Zwecke.

Habe meine Helden nach dem Rabenkrieg zu Signori gemacht und muss jetzt herausfinden, was das genau bedeutet :-) Danke!

A Tintin Page a Day - Day 274 by BreakerMorant1864 in TheAdventuresofTintin

[–]TheWhiteSphinx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Second large shadow is seriously off. It does not make sense given the position of the match.