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auggieroseyesterday at 9:57 PM1 replyview on HN

First: true propositions (that are not provable) can definitely be expressed, if they couldn't, the incompleteness theorem would not be true ;-)

It would be interesting to know what the percentage of people is, who invoke the incompleteness theorem, and have no clue what it actually says.

Most people don't even know what a proof is, so that cannot be a hindrance on the path to AGI ...

Second: ANY world model that can be digitally represented would be subject to the same argument (if stated correctly), not only LLMs.


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bithive123yesterday at 10:03 PM

I knew someone would call me out on that. I used the wrong word; what I meant was "expressed in a way that would satisfy" which implies proof within the symbolic order being used. I don't claim to be a mathematician or philosopher.

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