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Discrete Word Forms Float on a Sea of Continuous Meaning

By Bbenzon @bbenzon

That it words suggests that 'beneath' those discrete word forms we have a continuous (multidimensional) field of semanticity, if you will. The semantic differential taps into that. 2/2@GaryMarcus @ylecun @MadamePratolung @emilymbender @Ted_Underwood

— Bill Benzon, BAM! Bootstrapping Artificial Minds (@bbenzon) June 20, 2022

That is to say, word forms constitute a discrete index into a continuous underlying semantic space.


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