Emergent processes don't do a good job counting.

· Bits and Bobs 3/17/25
  • Emergent processes don't do a good job counting.
    • A few apple-related emergent process examples:
      • Which bud on the apple tree should grow into an apple.
      • Where to locate an apple orchard to have a viable business.
      • Asking a generative image model to create an image with 37 apples.
    • They don't have a global sense of state, only local state being progressively summarized at higher layers of abstraction.
    • They can get a sense of average but not count.
    • System 1 in our minds also has this average-but-not-count ability.

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