I did not mean to say that “everything is an optimization process”. I did mean to say that decisions are an optimization process, and I now realize even that’s too strong. I suspect all I can actually assert is that “intentionality is an optimization process”.
Oh, I didn’t mean to accuse you of that. It’s more that this is a common implicit frame of reference (including/especially on LW).
I rather suspect the correct direction is to break down “optimization” into more careful concepts (starting, but not finishing, with something like selection vs control).
Oh, I didn’t mean to accuse you of that. It’s more that this is a common implicit frame of reference (including/especially on LW).
I rather suspect the correct direction is to break down “optimization” into more careful concepts (starting, but not finishing, with something like selection vs control).