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I don’t get it :(

• epaga 6y ago
  I think it means - just as closing your eyes doesn't mean the room becomes empty, wiring the learning network randomly doesn't mean you'll end up with no pre-conceptions (e.g. the rule system at least will need to be programmed in).
  • blamestross 6y ago
    It also doesn't avoid preconceptions directly. It just initializes random ones.
    • shim2k 6y ago
      Aren’t preconceptions not random by definition?
      • kian 6y ago
        I think he's suggesting that any given random set of preconceptions will itself be a 'sample' from the entire preconception-space, and therefor itself a preconception - just one that you didn't involve yourself in choosing.
      • blamestross 6y ago
        If your preconceptions were not random relative to the truth, wouldn't you be able to know how to correct them?