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The usefulness of an abstraction is the main distinction between a good abstraction and a bad one.
Alexander Mattick · Why Scaling Prediction Cannot Create Intelligence - Alexander Mattick · 21 Sep 2026
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“I think that the main difference between a good and a bad abstraction is,”
“again, its usefulness.”1:59:01Report a misattribution
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