Until Edward L Platt (npub18gw…5uz9) wrote this blog post, I had no idea that biostatisticians have used the analogy of perpetual motion to think about what AI can and cannot do.
As someone steeped in the world of empiricism, my orientation is so grounded in "try and find out" that I forget it's also possible to ask in advance whether something is mathematically possible.
https://citizensandtech.org/2026/05/reliable-genai-and-perpetual-motion/
J. Nathan Matias 🦣
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