Author: febbert
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Presumptions Of Regularity
Imagine a written page where it was possible that only some words were visible. And the arrangement of those visible words told their own story. Now imagine those words disappeared while yet others appeared. Another story entirely. What fun would that be? And now imagine four separate stories made from the same page of words…
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LEARNED HELPLESSNESS & CONTENT V INFO
The takeaway: it is possible to decide nothing can be done because you can’t figure it out. And the content that could be info, or not, the content that looks and hits like info, but isn’t, is the annotation that looks like connotation and robs you, mugs you in the dark alley of your fears.…
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Stupid AI Exploits
Let’s just say my prior AI article stands: whether machine learning or expert system, the bottom line is that conceptual and symbolic associations computation has a hard limit against the physics of the world. In my previous article, those physics come down to time and accuracy of the written word – also, confusingly, a symbolic,…
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2025 F1 Raceweek Predictions; Round 3: Japanese Grand Prix
April 6, 2025, Suzuka Prediction score issued Sunday, the 6th. Oscar wins, again. Pre-race: This falls into the category of easy predictions. There is a one in four chance he wins. A one in two chance he makes podium. He is that good against the rest of the field and Suzuka is the sight of…
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2025 F1 Raceweek Predictions; Round 2: Chinese Grand Prix
March 23, 2025, Shanghai Prediction score 2 of 5, aka 400 Lawson redeems himself, finishing within striking distance of points. Pre-race: Despite some spikiness of his own making, and our sting, long gone, of seeing Yuki passed over for this position, we are ready for the second seat of Red Bull to bring it on.…