Bufnagle: the Podcast
Join us for an entertaining and enlightening discussion of eclectic adventures in the pursuit of all things Good. Gain a better understanding of technology and science, history and philosophy, and leadership and success, all presented in a positive and affirming conversational framework. Big Brain SmartHead™ guests occasionally join the pair to bring actual expert knowledge to the conversation.
Bufnagle: the Podcast
Ep 228: Aphrodite and Meaning — How the True Nature of Meaning is Missing from AI
Rafe starts with a Shelley poem about the Birth of Aphrodite and wanders into backgammon, Christmas, AI images, mimesis, regression, aviation, and then emerges with the understanding that AI might be a fun toy but it's not possessing understanding the way a human being does — it has no concept of meaning the way we do.
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