David Duffy's notes on #chess, #AI, and the theory of representation, including that AlphaZero's open-source successor is “lz0” or “Leela”, with an ELO rating of 3400, much better than the best human. “Chess moves and positions on the chessboard concretely express the evolution and states of abstract entities in a virtual time and space, whose properties are chosen to simulate the concrete objects, actions and decisions of soldiers,” the author says, disagreeing with #Frege. Compares #Wittgenstein.
on 02020-11-18Tractatus logico-philosophicus, parallel texts in German, the Ogden translation, and the Pears/McGuinness translation, in tasteful pastel colors. #philosophy #Wittgenstein
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