LessPoliticalAccount
LessPoliticalAccount t1_ithkvet wrote
Reply to comment by Spitinthacoola in Formation of Namibia’s fairy circles isn’t due to termites. Plants are "ecosystem engineers" that survive by forming optimal geometric patterns. by marketrent
I'm incredibly interested in this sort of stuff, but have never seen this article before, so thank you for sharing:)
LessPoliticalAccount t1_ithgkbk wrote
Reply to comment by so_good_so_far in Formation of Namibia’s fairy circles isn’t due to termites. Plants are "ecosystem engineers" that survive by forming optimal geometric patterns. by marketrent
I feel like the implicit claim in your argument is that "if we end up considering fractals, crystals and rivers intelligent, that's bad." I don't see why we should accept this claim necessarily. What's wrong with biting that bullet? Does the inverse -- believing that there's a particular "type" of complexity that's special, and uniquely human/animal focused, that isn't present in any other part of the universe -- really hold any important value, or is it just born of a sort of emotional attachment to anthropocentrism? I'm inclined to believe the latter.
LessPoliticalAccount t1_jc4umir wrote
Reply to comment by visarga in [D] Are modern generative AI models on a path to significantly improved truthfulness? by buggaby