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| - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2022/08/17/sustainable-empirical-theory-concept-ii/|Sustainable empirical theory concept II]] According to the short characterization of the concept of an ’empirical theory II’ above we have to take into account the ‘theory producers’, their ‘environment’, and the ‘procedure’, how the theory producers are ‘building’ a ‘theory concept I’. This theory concept I requires (i) those expressions which represent the hypotheses; (ii) a logical inference concept which enables inferences (deductions); (iii) the inferred inferences as candidates for forecasts; (iv) an experimental procedure to test whether one can find measurements which ‘confirm’ or ‘weaken’ a forecast. If one accepts the idea of a population of brains which together have to find a ‘sustainable path’ into a ‘live-supporting future’ then the vision of a sustainable empirical theory can be reformatted as follows ... | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2022/08/17/sustainable-empirical-theory-concept-ii/|Sustainable empirical theory concept II]] According to the short characterization of the concept of an ’empirical theory II’ above we have to take into account the ‘theory producers’, their ‘environment’, and the ‘procedure’, how the theory producers are ‘building’ a ‘theory concept I’. This theory concept I requires (i) those expressions which represent the hypotheses; (ii) a logical inference concept which enables inferences (deductions); (iii) the inferred inferences as candidates for forecasts; (iv) an experimental procedure to test whether one can find measurements which ‘confirm’ or ‘weaken’ a forecast. If one accepts the idea of a population of brains which together have to find a ‘sustainable path’ into a ‘live-supporting future’ then the vision of a sustainable empirical theory can be reformatted as follows ... |
| - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2022/08/17/knowledge-in-a-population/|Knowledge in a population]] While a ‘theory as such’ has no relationship to the the concepts ‘sustainability’ [24] or ‘sustainable development’ [25], there exists an increasing understanding of the central role of knowledge mediating all kinds of actions.(cf. [26]). This importance of knowledge is to some degree supported by the sustainable development goal 4 (SDG4).[27],[26] | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2022/08/17/knowledge-in-a-population/|Knowledge in a population]] While a ‘theory as such’ has no relationship to the the concepts ‘sustainability’ [24] or ‘sustainable development’ [25], there exists an increasing understanding of the central role of knowledge mediating all kinds of actions.(cf. [26]). This importance of knowledge is to some degree supported by the sustainable development goal 4 (SDG4).[27],[26] |
| - [[]] | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2022/08/17/side-trip-to-wikipedia/|Side Trip to Wikipedia]] ... What can we do with these ‘fragments’ of a large discourse around ‘science’, ‘theory’, and ‘knowledge’? ... |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2022/08/17/empirical-theory/|EMPIRICAL THEORY]] |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2022/08/17/an-inference-is-not-automatically-a-forecast/|AN INFERENCE IS NOT AUTOMATICALLY A FORECAST]] |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2022/08/17/hidden-ontologies-cognitively-real-and-empirically-real/|Hidden Ontologies: Cognitively Real and Empirically Real]] |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2022/08/19/ordinary-language-inference-preserving-and-creating-truth/|Ordinary Language Inference: Preserving and Creating Truth]] Because ordinary language is by construction the indispensable meta-language of every kind of a formal logical system it is clear that every kind of formal logic inference can be reproduced in ordinary language. ... |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2022/08/19/formal-logic-inference-preserving-truth/|Formal Logic Inference: Preserving Truth]] |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2022/08/19/true-statements/|True Statements]] From the section about Boolean Logic we know, that there can be expressions called ‘statements’ which can be classified as being ‘true’ or ‘false’ without describing what ‘true’ or ‘false’ means. An ‘interpretation’ of a ‘possible meaning’ of the expressions ‘true’/’false’ is a property of the human actor dealing with these statements. We as human speakers ‘know’ by ‘experience’, that the classification of an expression as being ‘true’ or not depends from our ‘interpretation’ of the expression ‘A’ whereby the interpretation activates a ‘known meaning’ which can be related so some ‘assumed world of references’. Thus the usage of Boolean logic is a way of ‘short, condensed notation’ of a possible high complex ‘knowledge’ of the human actor using this notation. Without this assumed knowledge of the human user the notation makes no sense. ... |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2022/08/19/predicate-logic/|Predicate Logic]] |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2022/08/19/everyday-language-english/|Everyday Language: English]] |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2022/08/19/natural-logic/|Natural Logic]] |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2022/08/19/normal-language-the-german-example/|Everyday Language: The German Example]] |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2022/08/19/boolean-logic/|Boolean Logic]] |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2022/08/19/the-logic-of-everyday-thinking-lets-try-an-example/|THE LOGIC OF EVERYDAY THINKING. Lets try an Example]] |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2022/08/19/forecasting/|FORECASTING]] |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2022/08/19/playing-with-the-future/|Playing with the Future]] |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2022/08/19/beyond-now/|Beyond NOW]] |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2022/08/19/true-false-undefined/|True – False – Undefined]] |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2022/08/19/concrete-abstract-statements/|Concrete Abstract Statements]] |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2022/08/19/language/|Language]] |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2022/08/19/introduction-to-common-science-as/|Introduction to Common Science as …]] |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2022/08/22/rene-thom-structural-stability-and-morphogenesis-an-outline-of-a-general-theory-of-models-original-french-edition-1972-updated-by-the-author-and-translated-into-english-by-d-h-fowler-1989/|René Thom, Structural Stability and Morphogenesis: An Outline of a General Theory of Models (original French edition 1972, updated by the author and translated into English by D.H.Fowler, 1989)]] |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2022/08/25/forecasting-prediction-what/|FORECASTING – PREDICTION: What?]] !!! |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2022/11/14/book-oksimo-r-editor-and-simulator-for-theories-2/|BOOK: oksimo.R Editor and Simulator for Theories. A Philosophical Essay]] |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2022/11/16/oksimo-r-everyday-scenes-go-out-for-eat/|OKSIMO.R – EVERYDAY SCENES – GO OUT FOR EAT]] remasrk: The acronym 'oksimo.r' is short for 'oksimo-reloaded'; this is a hint for a programming language invented by the author called 'oksimo'. The Ä'oksimo.r' ist quirte different and uses only the name. |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2022/11/18/oksimo-r-everyday-scenes-go-out-for-eat-part-2/|OKSIMO.R – EVERYDAY SCENES – GO OUT FOR EAT – Part 2]] |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2022/11/25/oksimo-r-explanation-box-world-space-time/|oksimo.R: EXPLANATION BOX: World, Space, Time]] |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2022/11/26/oksimo-r-everyday-scenes-daily-routine-temporal-structures/|OKSIMO.R – EVERYDAY SCENES – Daily routine (temporal structure(s))]] |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2022/12/27/empirical-measurement-molecules-and-atoms-late-encounter-with-gunter-wagner-the-man-in-the-middle/|EMPIRICAL MEASUREMENT: Molecules and Atoms. Late Encounter with Günter Wagner: The ‘man-in-the-middle’]] |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2022/12/28/guenter-wagner-man-in-the-middle/|Guenter Wagner : Man-in-the-Middle]] |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2023/01/06/oksimo-r-start-what-to-assume-for-a-minimal-scenario/|OKSIMO.R – Start . What to assume for a minimal scenario?]] |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2023/01/08/oksimo-r-start-the-inside-of-the-outside/|OKSIMO.R – Start . The ‘inside’ of the ‘outside’]] |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2023/01/13/oksimo-r-start-the-inside-of-the-outside-part-2/|OKSIMO.R – Start . The ‘inside’ of the ‘outside’ – Part 2]] |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2023/02/14/chatgpt-how-drunk-one-has-to-be/|chatGPT – How drunk do you have to be …]] Remarsk: At the time of the writing of this text I was focussing on the built-in limits of generative AI. Meanwhile I am working with the those features, which are a big support for those, who are dealing with complex scenarios and using the 'world knowledge' like a 'back ground knowledge noise' ... |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2023/02/23/chatgbt-different-findings/|chatGBT. Different Findings]] |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2023/02/23/grammar-for-sustainable-development-sketch/|GRAMMAR FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. Sketch]] ... The concept of sustainable development is considered here in the context of ‘biological populations’. Such populations are dynamic entities with many ‘complex properties’. For the analysis of the ‘sustainability’ of such populations, there is one aspect that seems ‘fundamental’ for a proper understanding. It is the aspect whether and how the members of a population – the actors – are interconnected or not. ... |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2023/02/27/language-and-structures/|LANGUAGE AND STRUCTURES]] !!! This text is an direct continuation of the text “The ‘inside’ of the ‘outside’. Basic Building Blocks”) |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2023/02/28/abstract-elements-glimpses-of-an-ontology/|Abstract Elements & Glimpses of an Ontology]] The abstract elements introduced so far are still few, but they already allow to delineate a certain ‘abstract space’. Thus there are so far ... |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2023/03/23/the-collective-man-machine-intelligence-paradigm-withn-sustainable-development/|THE COLLECTIVE MAN-MACHINE INTELLIGENCE Paradigm WITHIN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT]] This text starts the topic of the Collective Man-Machine Intelligence Paradigm within Sustainable Development. |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2023/06/09/thinking-everyday-philosophical-empirical-theoretical-sketch/|THINKING: everyday – philosophical – empirical theoretical (sketch)]] ... Some hitherto unanswered questions can possibly be answered better, but many new questions arise as well. When ‘old patterns of thinking’ are suspended, many (most? all?) of the hitherto familiar patterns of thinking have to be readjusted. All of a sudden they are simply ‘wrong’ or strongly ‘in need of repair’. ... |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2023/06/20/abstract-moral-in-a-finite-and-changing-world/|ABSTRACT MORAL IN A FINITE and CHANGING WORLD]] The meaning of and adherence to moral values in the context of everyday actions has always been a source of tension, debate, and tangible conflict. This text will briefly illuminate why this is so, and why it will probably never be different as long as we humans are the way we are. |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2023/06/22/collective-man-machine-intelligence-and-sustainability-an-investigation/|COLLECTIVE (man-machine) INTELLIGENCE and SUSTAINABILITY. An investigation]] ... Because at the beginning of this writing the final outcome is open and the ‘way to reach the result’ is as such difficult, the author decided to make the research process directly the content of a process article. ... |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2023/07/06/open-heart-surgery/|‘OPEN HEART SURGERY’?]] Following the basic considerations on the possibility/impossibility of a generally valid morality in this finite-dynamic world, a small look at the ‘phenomenon of life’ shall be suggested here, based on the currently popular concept of ‘sustainability’. |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2023/07/12/intelligence-biological-non-biological-individual-collective/|INTELLIGENCE – BIOLOGICAL – NON-BIOLOGICAL – INDIVIDUAL – COLLECTIVE …]] We live in a time in which – if one takes different perspectives – very many different partial world views can be perceived, world views which are not easily ‘compatible’ with each other. Thus, so far, the ‘physical’ and the ‘biological’ worldviews do not necessarily seem to be ‘aligned’ with each other. In addition, there are different directions within each of these worldviews. Where do the social sciences stand here: Not physics, not biology, but then what? The economic sciences also seem to be ‘surfing across’ everything else … this list could easily be extended. Within these assemblies of worldviews, a new worldview emerges quite freshly, that of so-called ‘artificial intelligence’; it is also almost completely unmediated with everything else, but makes heavy use of terminology borrowed from psychology and biology, without adopting the usual conceptual contexts of these terms. |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2023/07/13/eva-jablonka-marion-j-lamb-traditions-and-cumulative-evolution-how-a-new-lifestyle-is-evolving-2017-review-2022-2023/|Eva Jablonka, Marion J. Lamb, “Traditions and Cumulative Evolution: How a New Lifestyle is Evolving”, 2017 (Review 2022, 2023)]] !!! |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2023/08/24/homo-sapiens-empirical-and-sustained-empirical-theories-emotions-and-machines-a-sketch/|Homo Sapiens: empirical and sustained-empirical theories, emotions, and machines. A sketch]] ... My contribution to the topic tries to define the role of the so-called AI text generators by embedding the properties of ‘AI text generators’ in a ‘structural conceptual framework’ within a ‘transdisciplinary view’. This helps the specifics of scientific discourses to be highlighted. This can then result further in better ‘criteria for an extended assessment’ of AI text generators in their role for scientific discourses. ... |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2023/10/02/collective-human-machine-intelligence-and-text-generation-a-transdisciplinary-analysis/|Collective human-machine intelligence and text generation. A transdisciplinary analysis.]] Based on the conference theme “AI – Text and Validity. How do AI text generators change scientific discourse?” as well as the special topic “Collective human-machine intelligence using the example of text generation”, the possible interaction relationship between text generators and a scientific discourse will be played out in a transdisciplinary analysis. For this purpose, the concept of scientific discourse will be specified on a case-by-case basis using the text types empirical theory as well as sustained empirical theory in such a way that the role of human and machine actors in these discourses can be sufficiently specified. The result shows a very clear limitation of current text generators compared to the requirements of scientific discourse. This leads to further fundamental analyses on the example of the dimension of time with the phenomenon of the qualitatively new as well as on the example of the foundations of decision-making to the problem of the inherent bias of the modern scientific disciplines. A solution to the inherent bias as well as the factual disconnectedness of the many individual disciplines is located in the form of a new service of transdisciplinary integration by re-activating the philosophy of science as a genuine part of philosophy. This leaves the question open whether a supervision of the individual sciences by philosophy could be a viable path? Finally, the borderline case of a world in which humans no longer have a human counterpart is pointed out. |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2023/10/21/review-of-nancy-leveson-2020-are-you-sure-your-software-will-not-kill-anyone/|Review of Nancy Leveson (2020), Are you sure your software will not kill anyone?]] |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2023/10/23/pain-does-not-replace-the-truth/|Pain does not replace the truth …]] ... Truth is not automatic. Making truth available requires significantly more effort than remaining in a state of partial truth. The probability that a person knows the truth or seeks the truth is smaller than staying in a state of partial truth or outright falsehood.... |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2023/10/25/review-keith-e-stanovich-richard-f-west-maggie-e-toplak-the-rational-quotient-towards-a-test-of-rational-thinking-mit-press-2016/|REVIEW: Keith E.Stanovich, Richard F.West, Maggie E.Toplak, “The Rational Quotient. Towards a Test of Rational Thinking”, MIT Press, 2016]] In the last months I was engaged with the topic of text-generating algorithms and the possible impact for a scientific discourse (some first notices to this discussion you can find here (https://www.uffmm.org/2023/08/24/homo-sapiens-empirical-and-sustained-empirical-theories-emotions-and-machines-a-sketch/)). In this context it is important to clarify the role and structure of human actors as well as the concept of Intelligence. Meanwhile I have abandoned the word Intelligence completely because the inflationary use in today mainstream pulverises any meaning. Even in one discipline — like psychology — you can find many different concepts. In this context I have read the book of Stanovich et.al to have a prominent example of using the concept of intelligence, there combined with the concept of rationality, which is no less vague. ... |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2023/11/01/chat-gpt4-cognitive-science-hci-rationality-stanovich-2016-dual-process-theory-kahnemann/|chat GPT4: Cognitive Science, HCI, Rationality (Stanovich 2016), Dual-Process Theory (Kahnemann)]] |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2023/11/12/downsizing-text-generators-upgrading-humans-a-thought-experiment/|DOWNSIZING TEXT GENERATORS – UPGRADING HUMANS. A Thought Experiment]] |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2024/01/05/there-exists-only-one-big-problem-for-the-future-of-human-mankind-the-belief-in-false-narratives/|There exists only one big Problem for the Future of Human Mankind: The Belief in false Narratives]] !!!!! Triggered by several reasons I started some investigation in the phenomenon of ‘propaganda’ to sharpen my understanding. My strategy was first to try to characterize the phenomenon of ‘general communication’ in order to find some ‘harder criteria’ that would allow to characterize the concept of ‘propaganda’ to stand out against this general background in a somewhat comprehensible way. The realization of this goal then actually led to an ever more fundamental examination of our normal (human) communication, so that forms of propaganda become recognizable as ‘special cases’ of our communication. The worrying thing about this is that even so-called ‘normal communication’ contains numerous elements that can make it very difficult to recognize and pass on ‘truth’ (*). ‘Massive cases of propaganda’ therefore have their ‘home’ where we communicate with each other every day. So if we want to prevent propaganda, we have to start in everyday life.... |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2024/02/03/narratives-rule-the-world-curse-blessing-comments-from-chatgpt4/|NARRATIVES RULE THE WORLD. Curse & blessing. Comments from @chatGPT4]] ... If someone has already decided in his head that there is no problem, he won’t see a problem … and if you see a problem where there is none, you have little chance of being able to solve anything. To put it simply: we can be the solution if we are not the problem ourselves ... |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2024/04/30/the-invasion-of-the-storytellers/|The Invasion of the Storytellers]] !!! |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2024/05/29/reality-embedded-in-virtuality/|Reality Embedded in Virtuality]] It addresses the paradox that, although we constantly feel like we are navigating in a real world, the ‘contents of our brain’ are not the ‘real world’ itself. Instead, these contents are the product of numerous neural transformation processes that convert ‘stimuli from the real world’ into ‘internal states,’ which we then treat as if they were the real world. This ‘as if’ is not a matter of free choice, as this situation results from the way our brain functions within our body. Through our body and brain, we are initially ‘locked-in’ systems. |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2024/05/30/empirical-true/|EMPIRICALLY TRUE?]] If the structure of our human body (including its brain) is designed such that there is no direct, permanent one-to-one mapping of the real physical world outside the brain into the internal states of the body (including the brain), how can humans then make and use ’empirically true statements’ about something outside the body or outside the brain? |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2024/06/05/talking-about-the-world/|Talking about the world]] A ‘text’ shall be written that speaks about the world, including all living beings, with ‘humans’ as the authors in the first instance. So far, we know of no cases where animals or plants write texts themselves: their view of life. We only know of humans who write from ‘their human perspective’ about life, animals, and plants. Much can be criticized about this approach. Upon further reflection, one might even realize that ‘humans writing about other humans and themselves’ is not so trivial either. Even humans writing ‘about themselves’ is prone to errors, can go completely ‘awry,’ can be entirely ‘wrong,’ which raises the question of what is ‘true’ or ‘false.’ Therefore, we should spend some thoughts on how we humans can talk about the world and ourselves in a way that gives us a chance not just to ‘fantasize,’ but to grasp something that is ‘real,’ something that describes what truly characterizes us as humans, as living beings, as inhabitants of this planet… but then the question pops up again, what is ‘real’? Are we caught in a cycle of questions with answers, where the answers themselves are again questions upon closer inspection? |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2024/06/09/verifiable-statements/|Verifiable Statements]] Speaking in everyday life entails that through our manner of speaking, we organize the perceptions of our environment, solely through our speech. This organization occurs through thinking, which manifests in speaking. As previously described, while the ability to speak is innate to us humans, the way we use our speech is not. In speaking, we automatically create an order, but whether this order actually corresponds to the realities of our everyday world requires additional verification. This verification, however, does not happen automatically; we must explicitly desire it and carry it out concretely. |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2024/06/14/changes/|Changes]] ... our everyday world is characterized by everything we know being capable of ‘changing,’ including ourselves, constantly, often unconsciously; it just happens. In the context of people trying to collectively create an understanding of the world, perhaps also attempting to ‘plan’ what should be done together to achieve the best possible living situation for as many as possible in the future, the phenomenon of ‘change’ presents an ambivalent challenge: if there were no change, there would be no future, only ‘present’; but with change occurring, it becomes difficult to ‘look into the future’. How can we know into what future state all these changes will lead us? Do we even have a chance? |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2024/06/14/humans-and-machines-that-can-generate-sound/|Humans and machines that can generate sound]] ince September 2015, I have been repeatedly trying—both theoretically and practically—to understand what sound art really is; what is sound? What does it do to us? One consideration led to another; between them were real experiments and live performances. There were also long periods of ‘standstill’…. At a sound art concert on June 11, 2024, at Mousonturm in Frankfurt, something clicked in my mind regarding a fundamental question, and suddenly the uniqueness of ‘collective human intelligence’ in confrontation with so-called ‘intelligent machines’ became somehow newly clearer to me. |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2024/06/14/blinds-world-one-1995/|Blind’s World One (1995!)]] How can one philosophically conceive of artificial intelligence (AI) interacting with real people, an AI that learns real language with real meaning on its own? Prompted by an offer from Ars Electronica ’95 to introduce a philosophically inspired art project, I spent intense months with an ad hoc software team (the team was wonderful!) designing (and implemented by the software team) the interactive network version of a small artificial world based on philosophical considerations. In this world lived ‘blind Knowbots’ that could communicate with the outside world, using their other sensory experiences and basic bodily states as the basis for assigning meanings to their respective languages. Whatever language the users (mostly children!) used, they could link this language with their real-world experiences. This experiment has shaped me for many years, actually up to today. |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2024/06/22/collective-human-intelligence-chi/|Collective Human Intelligence (CHI)]] The main theme of this section is ‘collective human intelligence (CHI)’. However, it does not occur in isolation, detached from everything else. Rather, life on Planet Earth creates a complex network of processes which — upon closer examination — reveal structures that are consistent across all forms of life in their basic parameters, yet differ in parts. It must also be considered that these basic structures, in their process form, always intertwine with other processes, interacting and influencing each other. Therefore, a description of these basic structures will initially be rather sketchy here, as the enormous variety of details can otherwise lead one quickly into the ‘thicket of particulars’. |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2024/06/27/a-logic-of-life/|A ‘Logic of Life’?]] The excerpt discusses the concept of ‘collective human intelligence (CHI)’ and reflects on the foundational schema of all life : reproduction of Generation 1, birth of Generation 2, growth of Generation 2, followed by the onset of Generation 2’s behaviors accompanied by learning processes, and then reproduction of Generation 2, etc. It highlights how genetic predispositions and ‘free adapting’, commonly referred to as ‘learning’, alternate in phases. While genetic guidelines enable structures with typical functionalities that open up ‘possible action spaces’, filling these spaces is not genetically determined. This makes sense because the real ‘biological carrier system’ is not isolated but exists in an ‘open environment’ whose specific configuration and dynamics constantly change. From a ‘sustainable survival’ perspective, it is crucial that the biological carrier system has the ability to not only grasp the nuances of the environment at specific moments but also to represent, combine, and test them in the context of space and time. These simple words point to a highly complex process that has become known as ‘learning’, but the simplicity of this term may overlook the fact that we are dealing with an ‘evolutionary miracle of the highest order’. The common concept of ‘evolution’ is too limited in this perspective; it only describes a fragment. |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2024/07/06/automation-of-human-tasks-typology-with-examples-of-writing-text-calculating-and-planning/|Automation of Human Tasks: Typology with Examples of ‘Writing Text’, ‘Calculating’, and ‘Planning’]] In the broader spectrum of human activities, there are three ‘types’ of action patterns that are common in everyday life and crucial for shared communication and coordination: (i) writing texts, (ii) describing (calculating) quantitative relationships, and (iii) planning possible states in an assumed future. All three types have been present since the beginning of documented ‘cultural life’ of humans. The following attempts a rough typology along with known forms of implementation. |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2024/07/10/collective-knowledge-generative-ai-in-chatbot-format-as-a-helper/|Collective Knowledge: Generative AI in chatbot format as a helper]] ... the term ‘collective knowledge’ represents a crucial keyword for a characteristic that deeply defines humans—the life form of ‘homo sapiens.’ For an individual, ‘collective knowledge’ is directly hardly perceivable, but without this collective knowledge, no single human would have any knowledge at all. Yes, this not only sounds like a paradox, it is a paradox. While a ‘contradiction’ between two different statements represents a factual incompatibility, a ‘paradox’ also conveys the impression of a ‘contradiction,’ but in fact, in terms of the matter, it is not an ‘incompatibility.’ The ‘knowledge of us individuals’ is real knowledge, but due to the finiteness of our bodies, our perception system, our memory, we can factually only gather a very small amount of knowledge ‘in us.’ However, the more people there are, the more ‘knowledge’ each person ‘produces’ daily—just analogously, or then also digitally—the greater grows the amount of knowledge that we humans ‘deposit’ in our world. Newspapers, books, libraries, databases can collect and sort this knowledge to a limited extent. But an individual can only find and ‘process’ small fractions of this ‘collected knowledge.’ The gap between the ‘available collected knowledge’ and the ‘individually processable knowledge’ is constantly growing. In such a situation, the availability of generative artificial intelligence in the format of chatbots (GAI-ChaBo) is almost an ‘evolutionary event’! This new technology does not solve all questions, but it can help the individual to ‘principally’ get a novel direct access to what we should call ‘collective knowledge of humanity.’ |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2024/07/14/self-destruction-is-an-option-note/|Self-destruction is an option. Note]] We are still here on this planet. However, the fact that our ‘human system’ largely programs itself without our ‘voluntary participation’ can become our downfall within the framework of a democracy and in the age of the internet; not necessarily, but highly likely… |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2024/07/16/chatgpt4-how-do-you-define-the-concept-empirical-theory/|ChatGPT4: How do you define the concept ’empirical theory’?]] At the end of the dialogue the inquirer stated: I agree with your conclusion. But this conclusion is not a sufficient answer to my question. Somehow you are stating, that it is a “significant challenge” without having a clear answer today. Is this right? @chatGPT4: Yes, that’s a fair assessment. Integrating different formalisms across various scientific disciplines remains a significant challenge and an area of ongoing research and development. While there are strategies and approaches that can aid in this integration, as mentioned earlier, there is no universally applicable solution that works seamlessly across all fields and for all types of problems. |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2024/07/27/chat-gpt4-what-comes-to-your-mind-regarding-the-phrase-an-empirically-true-text/|CHAT GPT4: What comes to your mind regarding the phrase ‘an empirically true text’?]] Running a dialogue with chatGPT4 to the question “What comes to your mind regarding the phrase ‘an empirically true text’?” the dialogue ends up with the following statement of @chatGPT4: “Your view that the ’empirically true text’ is essential is indeed valid, especially in the context of science. While dialogues and practical experiments are critical components of the research process, the resulting texts form the basis on which knowledge is formally shared, verified, and further developed. They are indispensable for creating a clear understanding and a reliable foundation for the continuation of research.” |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2024/08/10/chatgpt4-philosophy-what-it-is-fundamental-concepts-a-new-view/|CHATGPT4 : PHILOSOPHY – What it is? Fundamental concepts : a new view]] @chatGPT4: Your insight blurs the traditional distinction between basic concepts and emergent properties by showing that in the process of developing a theory, what we ultimately recognize as basic concepts may indeed emerge from the complex interplay of ideas. This perspective aligns with the broader view of how knowledge is constructed and emphasizes the dynamic and evolving nature of conceptual frameworks. In this sense, the final framework of basic concepts in a theory could be seen as an emergent outcome of the theoretical development process. |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2024/08/11/chatgpt4-philosophy-what-it-is-role-of-humans-writing-texts/|CHATGPT4 : PHILOSOPHY – What it is? Role of Humans writing Texts]] @chatGPT4: Philosophical texts themselves are important, but they gain their true significance within the **human meaning space** that individuals create through their interactions with these texts and with each other. This meaning space, rooted in the experiences and interpretations of individual persons, is what ultimately forms the building blocks of a unified philosophical tradition. The tradition is not a static collection of texts, but a dynamic, evolving process of meaning-making that is constantly being enriched and redefined by those who engage with it. |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2024/08/14/chatgpt4-philosophy-digging-into-the-human-meaning-space/|CHATGPT4 – PHILOSOPHY : Digging into the Human Meaning Space]] Inquirer to chatGPT4: I will take the following short summary as bridge to the follow-up ideas : (1) Language expressions are composed of symbols wich are determined by rules and structures; (2) The inner states related to meaning are diverse and involve various cognitive, emotional, and sensory processes; (3) At the core are mental models that represent our understanding of the world. These models include abstract ideas, concrete objects, and complex scenarios. Furthermore the mind organizes concepts, emotions, sensory experiences, and language expressions into a network of associations. (4) Cognitive processes like inference and reasoning help us by connecting existing knowledge with knowledge about possible changes, to derive possible new states. Can you agree with this? @ChatGPT4: Yes, I agree with your summary. You’ve captured the essential points about how language expressions, inner states, mental models, and cognitive processes interact to create and understand meaning. |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2024/08/27/chatgpt4-philosophy-reconstructing-biological-life-as-culture-a-somehow-surprising-dialogue/|CHATGPT4 – PHILOSOPHY : RECONSTRUCTING ‘BIOLOGICAL LIFE’ AS ‘CULTURE’. A somehow surprising dialogue]] The following Dialogue is an English translation from German (done with chatGPT4) and has its origin in the context of the interaction between the human species and the planet earth. During this dialogue starting with physical things the dialogue turned more and more into a true philosophical dialogue recognizing biological life as a ‘cultural system’. This was from the author not intended! It happend driven by … the ‘internal logic’ of life? |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2024/09/21/chatgpt4-philosophy-how-we-should-free-democracies-from-inefficiency-improve-the-democratic-values/|CHATGPT4 – PHILOSOPHY : HOW WE SHOULD FREE DEMOCRACIES FROM INEFFICIENCY & IMPROVE THE DEMOCRATIC VALUES]] The Author: OK, I think we have detected a very interesting point of view to elaborate further the possible ‘fate of democracies’ in our dynamic world. I am planning the following steps how to proceed further: (1) I will post this dialogue so far in two of my main blogs ... then (2) I will analyze a bit more how we could transform Democracies 1.0 (lacking the needed efficiency) to a kind of Democracies 2.0 with a new approach to improve efficiency significantly by keeping the key values of democracy not only alive but ‘improve these values’ instead. @chatGPT4o: That sounds like a great plan! Your vision of transforming Democracies 1.0 into Democracies 2.0 by addressing efficiency while preserving and even enhancing key democratic values is a promising direction. I’m excited to see how your analysis unfolds, and I’d be happy to assist with any further insights, ideas, or refinements as you continue exploring this transformation. |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2024/09/26/philosophical-dialogue-with-chatgpt4-the-late-popper-and-the-new-statistics-popper-was-right/|PHILOSOPHICAL DIALOGUE WITH chatGPT4: The late Popper and the new statistics. Popper was right]] |
| | - [[https://www.uffmm.org/2024/10/12/fatal-silence-the-hamas-israel-conflict-looking-more-deeper-a-podcast/|Fatal Silence – The Hamas-Israel Conflict, looking more deeper (A podcast)]] |
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