Glen -
I think I agree with this spirit... and the invocation of a
high-dimensional (but finitely so) landscape is not only the constraints
we live in, but in some sense the ones we *choose* to live in? I think
excess/sloppy meaning might be another term for a local/temporary
increase (or exchange) of dimensionality, effectively lowering the
thresholds between basins?
In anthropological terms I think we are in "shaman" territory (the
perspective/insight to selectively shift the dimensions around for the
group as-needed)? Also maybe the point of psychedelic/entheogenic
substances? We are reading Pollan's "How to Change your Mind" at the
moment.
Well, *if* one is constrained to inhabiting attractors to begin with,
then a mechanism for hopping between attractors is a "good thing". But
I'd argue that this is a mere band-aide, treating the symptom rather
than the cause. The real disorder is the tendency to inhabit
attractors ... or perhaps the intensity with which one gets trapped in
such ruts. There seems to be a tyranny of specialization ...
"siloization". If I have any hope for LLMs, it's to remove the burden
of depth and free us up for more breadth ... or at least those of us
wealthy enough to use LLMs. Let them eat cake.
On 10/9/23 10:52, Steve Smith wrote:
It feels as if the very "excess meaning" (or sloppy meaning?) you
?disparage? in cognitive metaphor is, in fact, what makes them so
"powerful". To the extent the point of "powerful speech" or "powerful
thoughts" might be to jump over the threshold/saddle from one
attractor to another, this makes sense (for better and worse)...
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