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A philosophical essay arguing that complex systems (like climate, economics, and human language) require billion-parameter AI models as theories because their true compression ratio is simply very large, unlike the elegantly compact theories that worked for complicated systems. The author contends that modern deep learning finally provides the tools to operationalize theories of complex phenomena that were previously beyond reach.

Sean Linehan Santa Fe Institute David Deutsch Noam Chomsky
worldgov.org · seanlinehan · 4 days ago · details · hn