The Simplest Explanation: What a 700-Year-Old Idea Teaches Us About AI

There is a very old theory that I learned about in my high school science class many years ago, and as we see AI become even more mainstream, I keep thinking about it. It's a theory known as Occam's razor. Occam's razor says that when two explanations account for the same facts, you should prefer the one that makes fewer assumptions. The classic example is when you hear hoofbeats outside: imagine the sound is from horses before you imagine it's from zebras. Both explain the sound, but one is a l

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