On Brains, Minds, And Their Possible Uses
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Task Decomposition And Scientific Inquiry. Audio version.
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Task Decomposition And Scientific Inquiry. Audio version.

TL;DR: A curious asymmetry between making and criticizing, the scientific method as an approach to task decomposition, and a less-than-half-baked idea about syntax and semantics of task decomposition.
Jan Hendrik Kirchner
Jun 26, 2022
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On Brains, Minds, And Their Possible Uses
Task Decomposition And Scientific Inquiry
Meta: As this post is all about summarization (and since I value your time!), I’m experimenting with putting a one sentence summary at the beginning of each paragraph. Let me know if you hate this in the comments. Astonishing Asymmetries There is a curious asymmetry in how difficult it is to make something versus how easy it is to evaluate it…
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