Comments on: EWD 1036, annotated

By: On science « The Tar Pit

On science « The Tar Pit — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 16:40:03 +0000

[...] the way, computer "science" isn't science either! It's merely a cheap offshoot of discrete mathematics which only became [...]

By: Artificial intelligence « The Tar Pit

Artificial intelligence « The Tar Pit — Sun, 26 May 2024 21:33:10 +0000

[...] throughout history we're often stuck for a long while in metaphorical swamps, so since everyone and their dog calls the current thing "AI", I'm left with no option but to adopt [...]

By: The Lost Tools of Learning, annotated « The Tar Pit

The Lost Tools of Learning, annotated « The Tar Pit — Sun, 07 May 2023 14:18:20 +0000

[...] know I'm repeating myself, but... 1947, mmkay? Four decades before Dijkstra's [...]

By: Notes on Hofstadter's Coffeehouse Conversation « The Tar Pit

Notes on Hofstadter's Coffeehouse Conversation « The Tar Pit — Sat, 09 Jul 2022 13:23:30 +0000

[...] of my recent ruminations on the matter. Only this time around I won't bother the reader with a fully annotated read, instead I will resort to some highlights and notes on the parts which I've actually found [...]

By: The Geostationary Truth Machine « The Tar Pit

The Geostationary Truth Machine « The Tar Pit — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 21:24:10 +0000

[...] we can proceed to examine how The Geostationary Truth Machine works, by analogy -- the problem with Dijkstra's naïvete is that he doesn't specify precisely "by analogy" to what, and the what is as important [...]