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		s-shellfish on July 2, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Machine That Builds Itself: The Strengths of t... AI winter is having a problem because not every problem can be solved with a number calculation. Not everything can be measured with a metric, and this especially runs into problems when measurements are being used to measure one another - becomes very convoluted. I have optimism for lisp.

lgessler on July 2, 2018 [–]

What do you mean by "number calculation"? In at least one sense, any kind of computation at all is a "number calculation".

s-shellfish on July 2, 2018 | [–]

Statistics, probability

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