Comment by Scribner (JasonFunderburker) on Open & Welcome Thread - November 2022 · 2022-11-25T15:27:38.600Z · LW · GW

Hi all! Years-long lurker here interested in AI, primarily NLP and probabilistic symbolic logic engines. I'm a software engineer working in NLP, though I'm trying to find work that is closer to the cutting edge of AI. I'm also interested in Philosophy of mind, history, and knowledge (ex.  Hegel, Kant, Chomsky, Thomas Kuhn). I'm a big proponent of using computer programming to engage and test emergent hypotheses (i.e. all the hypotheses that aren't just bookkeeping), as it's a great way of displaying the actual consequences of a set of structural premises. Excited to get involved with the community here!