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   Message 58,095 of 59,235   
   olcott to dbush   
   Re: Never any actual rebuttal to HHH(DD)   
   22 Oct 25 09:25:15   
   
   XPost: comp.theory, sci.logic, sci.math   
   From: polcott333@gmail.com   
      
   On 10/22/2025 8:50 AM, dbush wrote:   
   > On 10/22/2025 9:47 AM, olcott wrote:   
   >> On 10/22/2025 8:00 AM, dbush wrote:   
   >>> On 10/22/2025 8:48 AM, olcott wrote:   
   >>>> On 10/22/2025 7:25 AM, dbush wrote:   
   >>>>> On 10/22/2025 7:56 AM, olcott wrote:   
   >>>>>> On 10/20/2025 10:20 PM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:   
   >>>>>>> On 2025-10-21, olcott  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>> On 10/20/2025 9:11 PM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>> On 2025-10-21, olcott  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>> On 10/20/2025 8:27 PM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>> On 2025-10-20, olcott  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> On 10/20/2025 4:03 PM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2025-10-20, olcott  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 10/20/2025 1:29 PM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2025-10-20, olcott  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 10/19/2025 2:39 PM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2025-10-19, dart200   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> i don't get y polcott keep hanging onto ai for dear   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> life. anyone with   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Throngs of dumb boomers are falling for AI generated   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> videos, believing   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> them to be real. This is much the same thing.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> AI is just another thing Olcott has no understanding   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of. He's not   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> researched the fundamentals of what it means to train a   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> language   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> network, and how it is ultimately just token prediction.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It excels at generating good syntax. The reason for   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that is that the   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> vast amount of training data exhibits good syntax.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (Where it has bad   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> syntax, it is idiosyncratic; whereas good syntax is   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> broadly shared.)   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I provide a basis to it and it does perform valid   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> semantic logical entailment on this basis and shows   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> But you're incapable of recognizing valid entailment from   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> invalid.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Any freaking idiot can spew out baseless rhetoric   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> such as this. I could do the same sort of thing   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> and say you are wrong and stupidly wrong.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> But you don't?   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> It is a whole other ballgame when one attempts   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> to point out actual errors that are not anchored   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> in one's own lack of comprehension.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> You don't comprehend the pointing-out.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> You need to have a sound reasoning basis to prove   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> that an error is an actual error.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> No; /YOU/ need to have sound reasonings to prove /YOUR/   
   >>>>>>>>>>> extraordinary claims. The burden is on you.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> We already have the solid reasoning which says things are   
   >>>>>>>>>>> other than as   
   >>>>>>>>>>> you say, and you don't have the faintest idea how to put a   
   >>>>>>>>>>> dent in it.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> In other words you assume that I must be wrong   
   >>>>>>>>>> entirely on the basis that what I say does not   
   >>>>>>>>>> conform to conventional wisdom.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> Yes; you are wrong entirely on the basis that what you say does   
   >>>>>>>>> not   
   >>>>>>>>> follow a valid mode of inference for refuting an argument.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> If you are trying to refute something which is not only a widely   
   >>>>>>>>> accepted result, but whose reasoning anyone can follow to see it   
   >>>>>>>>> for themselves, you are automatically assumed wrong.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> The established result is presumed correct, pending your   
   >>>>>>>>> presentation of a convincing argument.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> That's not just wanton arbitrariness: your claims are being   
   >>>>>>>>> directly refuted by elements of the established result which   
   >>>>>>>>> we can refer to.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> I cannot identify any flaw in the halting theorem. It's not simply   
   >>>>>>>>> that I believe it because of the Big Names attached to it.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> And when I identify a flaw yo simply ignore   
   >>>>>>>> whatever I say.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Nope; all the ways you say claim you've identified a flaw have been   
   >>>>>>> dissected by multiple poeple to a much greater detail than they   
   >>>>>>> deserve.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> It is disingenuous to say that you've simply had your details   
   >>>>>>> ignored.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Turing machines in general can only compute mappings   
   >>>>>> from their inputs. The halting problem requires computing   
   >>>>>> mappings that in some cases are not provided in the   
   >>>>>> inputs therefore the halting problem is wrong.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> False:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> (,Y) maps to 1 if and only if X(Y) halts when executed directly   
   >>>>> (,Y) maps to 0 if and only if X(Y) does not halt when executed   
   >>>>> directly   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Yes that it the exact error that I have been   
   >>>> referring to.   
   >>>   
   >>> That is not an error.  That is simply a mapping that you have   
   >>> admitted exists.   
   >>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> In the case of HHH(DD) the above requires HHH to   
   >>>> report on the behavior of its caller   
   >>>   
   >>> False.  It requires HHH to report on the behavior of the machine   
   >>> described by its input.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> That includes that DD calls HHH(DD) in recursive   
   >> simulation.   
   >   
   > Which therefore includes the fact that HHH(DD) will return 0 and that DD   
   > will subsequently halt.   
      
   You keep ignoring that we are only focusing on   
   DD correctly simulated by HHH. In other words   
   the behavior that HHH computes   
   FROM ITS ACTUAL FREAKING INPUT NOT ANY OTHER DAMN THING   
      
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