Maybe it's just the 'cook' in me but some culinary parallels came to mind that might be useful.
1. Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker's Guide - where the ship had a food generator (presumably from some elemental ingredients and a built in body of knowledge about food) that when asked for a cup of tea made "“something almost, but not quite entirely unlike tea”
2. the TV show 'Chopped' where chefs attempt to make a well constructed and cohesive meal from a random (even evil) selection of ingredients. In this case the skill and expertise of the chef is the critical difference between amazing results and a hot mess.
3. From Neal Stephenson, the "Matter compilers receive their raw materials from the Feed, a system analogous to the electrical grid of modern society. The Feed carries streams of both energy and basic molecules, which are rapidly assembled into usable goods by matter compilers." (wikipedia) -- including food. No indication of quality of the experience.
Can AI production be similarly broken down into - what are the ingredients/elements of construction, what is the 'expertise' of construction. In #3, a key part of that discussion is who provides the raw materials... you can't have "generation" or remixing without the publication as ingredients.... no?
Fantastic process of methodical observations and timescapes here, Brian. The 'remix challenge' is spot on. To a point that I've published in-depth considerations on, the 'Oracular Age' I suggest does indeed go too far, as does the misnomer of Intelligence for that matter. Computational rehash and extrusion of the world is not the same as lived experience, knowledge, intuition and wisdom gained.
Maybe it's just the 'cook' in me but some culinary parallels came to mind that might be useful.
1. Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker's Guide - where the ship had a food generator (presumably from some elemental ingredients and a built in body of knowledge about food) that when asked for a cup of tea made "“something almost, but not quite entirely unlike tea”
2. the TV show 'Chopped' where chefs attempt to make a well constructed and cohesive meal from a random (even evil) selection of ingredients. In this case the skill and expertise of the chef is the critical difference between amazing results and a hot mess.
3. From Neal Stephenson, the "Matter compilers receive their raw materials from the Feed, a system analogous to the electrical grid of modern society. The Feed carries streams of both energy and basic molecules, which are rapidly assembled into usable goods by matter compilers." (wikipedia) -- including food. No indication of quality of the experience.
Can AI production be similarly broken down into - what are the ingredients/elements of construction, what is the 'expertise' of construction. In #3, a key part of that discussion is who provides the raw materials... you can't have "generation" or remixing without the publication as ingredients.... no?
Fantastic process of methodical observations and timescapes here, Brian. The 'remix challenge' is spot on. To a point that I've published in-depth considerations on, the 'Oracular Age' I suggest does indeed go too far, as does the misnomer of Intelligence for that matter. Computational rehash and extrusion of the world is not the same as lived experience, knowledge, intuition and wisdom gained.