Post #1223148
2026-04-16 13:42 UTC
RE: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116414078285695998
This line from one of @pluralistic 's typically excellent and thought-provoking articles set me thinking. And while I agree with his first statement, I'm less certain about the second.
To explain why requires me to tell an anecdote …
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@angusm@mastodon.social 2026-04-16 13:46
Many years ago, Marvin Minsky came to the lab where I was working and gave a short talk about his “society of mind" concept. At the end of the talk, someone asked him what kind of representation he thought that the brain used for concepts. (This was in the days of symbolic AI, and everyone was high on LISP and PROLOG, so the idea that the brain might have a formal representation of concepts didn't seem questionable or absurd). 2/