metaphorical thinking
this is a way of thinking with analogies, metaphors, play, related to sensemaking
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metaphorical thinking
When we talk about artificial intelligence, we rely on metaphor, as we always do when dealing with something new and unfamiliar. Metaphors are, by their nature, imperfect, but we still need to choose them carefully, because bad ones can lead us astray. For example, it’s become very common to compare powerful A.I.s to genies in fairy tales. The meta
... See moreTed Chiang • Will A.I. Become the New McKinsey?
Right now, people totally misunderstand what AI is. They see it as a tiger. A tiger is dangerous. It might eat me. It’s an adversary. And there’s danger in water, too — you can drown in it — but the danger of a flowing river of water is very different to the danger of a tiger. Water is dangerous, yes, but you can also swim in it, you can make boats
... See moreThe Verge • “An engine for the imagination”: an interview with David Holz, CEO of AI image generator Midjourney
Few things give me more of an instant seratonin boost than discovering a new metaphor, and Headlands Center for the Arts recently served up a lovely one. The multidisciplinary arts center just north of the Golden Gate Bridge (where, on another tangential note, I had my 8th grade graduation party) shared that 2023 Artist in Residence Daniela Rivera ... See more
Cate Scott Campbell • Ecstatic December
Using LLM products today feels a lot like using early cars in the 1800s: clearly magical, clearly going to change the world, and really hard to drive.
The first cars didn’t have steering wheels (they hadn’t been invented yet), so you’d steer them with a big lever called a tiller. The problem with tillers is that they are imprecise, which made drivin... See more
The first cars didn’t have steering wheels (they hadn’t been invented yet), so you’d steer them with a big lever called a tiller. The problem with tillers is that they are imprecise, which made drivin... See more
The most important claim we have made so far is that metaphor is not just a matter of language, that is, of mere words. We shall argue that, on the contrary, human thought processes are largely metaphorical.
George Lakoff • Metaphors We Live By Quotes by George Lakoff
“It’s common in our culture to compare the brain to a computer, but this is a deeply flawed analogy.”