sbenthall comments on prediction and capacity to represent - Less Wrong

-5 Post author: sbenthall 04 November 2014 06:09AM

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Comment author: sbenthall 08 November 2014 06:13:24AM 0 points [-]

You don't know anything about how cars work?

Comment author: Wes_W 10 November 2014 04:40:09AM 1 point [-]

I have a model of what inputs produce what outputs ("pressing on the gas pedal makes the engine go; not changing the oil every few months makes things break"). I do not have a causal model of the internals of the system.

At best I can make understandish-sounding noises about engines, but I could not build or repair one, nor even identify all but the most obvious parts.