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The bounded infinity of language

Works of art, including film, painting, sculpture, literature and poetry, have a seemingly inexhaustible quality. As we keep confronting them, renewing our relationship with them over time, we continually extract more meaning from them. Some works truly appear to be bottomless. Reaching the bottom easily is, of course, a sure sign that a work will not […]

Posted 09 August 2014 † Johan § Computer science § Philosophy § Software development ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Scott Aaronson has misunderstood continental philosophy

It is first with delight and then with a growing feeling of sadness that I read Luke Muelhauser’s interview with the computer scientist Scott Aaronson at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute. As a computer scientist, Aaronson has contributed much to our understanding of complexity theory and other areas. He has even written popular science books […]

Posted 27 December 2013 † Johan § Computer science § Philosophy ‡ Comments (3) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , ,