epistemic voids
2 essaysEpistemic Voids
Epistemic Voids #3: Mechanism Literalism
Why 'Just Next-Token Prediction' Is the New 'Just Price Signals'
"The word 'just' performs something akin to mistaking mechanism for phenomenon. Trained via next-token prediction is compatible with developed internal world models."
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Epistemic Voids #2: Showroom Fallacy
Confusing curation for capacity
"Testing a chat window or one-click button doesn't reveal which layer produced what we observed. The showroom fallacy: mistaking product constraints for model limits."
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