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1. _bxg1+(OP)[view] [source] 2019-12-13 18:59:01
It is very complicated, yes. The goal is to be AI's "left brain"; the slower, more methodical (and explainable!) end of the spectrum. We see our place as being complementary to ML's "right brain", fast-but-messy thinking.

I will say also that our focus on "common sense" means we make deliberate choices about where to "bottom out" the granularity with which we represent the world; otherwise we'd find ourselves reasoning about literal atoms in every case. We generally try to target the level at which a human might conceive of a concept; humans can treat a collection of atoms as roughly "a single object", but then still apply formal logical to that object and its properties (and "typical" properties). In one sense it isn't a perfect representation, but in another sense it strikes the right balance between perfect and meaningful.

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2. jkaptu+xa[view] [source] 2019-12-13 20:14:27
>>_bxg1+(OP)
Thanks so much for the explanation!
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