Universal Causal Language: Express Causality Across Code, Language, and Music
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The article proposes a 'Universal Causal Language' to express causality across different domains, sparking discussion on the challenges of representing causality and the limitations of current symbolic systems.
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The problem is the chasm between specific/arbitrary, grammar (which is code) and syntax. Only a non binary, analog system reaches there.
In a task demands vary realm that’s overseen by evolution (a psychological, neuro or cog sci definition won’t hack it) where any idea of causality is placed ends up looking like a clown show. It’s like stupid apes pretending “it happens here” in a Rube Goldberg monstrosity of possibility.