Nope, I have not commissioned any films.

Our work on adapting NCAs towards generating controlled morphological changes is now in preprint!

The paradox of change cannot be dissolved cheaply (by definitions of categories). But the paradox of the heap (sorites) can be tamed (no pun intended) by an operationalist (engineering, relationship) attitude to what definitions are supposed to do for us: enable optimal interactions.

rigorous science or philosophy in this and related fields. I think we're much better served, in terms of facilitation of future research, by developing models of transformation and change (scaling, projection into new spaces, etc.) than by trying to define distinct categories.

phase transition somewhere that helps us make more progress. I'm not an absolutist about this by any means. But my experience has been that a lot of unquestioned ("obvious") categories evaporate into a spectrum once checked, and while fine for mundane everyday life, don't suffice as the basis for

that we care about (e.g., diverse cognition) and if someone proposes a sharp categorical difference, it's on them to specify how the discontinuity happens and show that we can't zoom in to find a spectrum in-between positions. I'm totally fine with if someone makes a good argument and finds a useful

Just to clarify further. I don't have an axiom that says there can't be bright lines. What I have is a heuristic that says that "phase transitions" and sharp categories shouldn't be an unquestioned null hypothesis. I propose that continuity should be the null hypothesis for many important things

Sure you can email me, but 1) I don't see most emails (there are way too many to actually see everything), 2) I'm not allowed to look at any materials sent to me that aren't public domain, and 3) I am not a QM expert, so not the right person to ask about it. :-)

amazing!

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