Some problems are humanity-complete.

· Bits and Bobs 3/17/26
  • Some problems are humanity-complete.
    • To solve them properly requires you to model all of humanity.
    • There's no edge to the model.
    • At each step, to get better prediction you have to expand your model to include more of reality.
    • No cliff, just a smooth gradient.
    • At each point, it's more useful to model the next ply than to not.
    • Forever.
    • Prompt injection has this characteristic.

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