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15 hours agoAlder’s Razor says that we should not dispute propositions unless they can be shown by precise logic and/or mathematics to have observable consequences. The calculator demonstrably and reproducibly performs mathematical operations.


Alder’s Razor says that we should not dispute propositions unless they can be shown by precise logic and/or mathematics to have observable consequences. The calculator demonstrably and reproducibly performs mathematical operations.
It doesn’t, and I think it leaves too little behind when it’s applied. But applying it tells us a great deal about LLMs and it also means that we can leave epistemological questions to a lazy Sunday afternoon.