Paul Cantrell1d ago

RE: https://sauropods.win/@futurebird/116304296612633497

A thing that my years working in the software industry have taught me is that sometimes people just want information. Not good information, not accurate information, not useful information. They just want information.

Show threadCassandrich1d ago
@inthehands Except that's not information. It's information-shaped noise.
Show threadPaul Cantrell
@dalias
“Information” in the information theory sense, not in the signal vs noise sense
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Show threadCassandrich1d ago
@inthehands It's not information-theoretic information either tho.
Show threadCassandrich1d ago
@inthehands Like if I have a program that implements a prng and outputs the successive values emitted by it, adding a TB of output from the program alongside the program source adds zero information.
Show threadPaul Cantrell1d ago
@dalias
I suppose it’s an open question whether business BS has a Kolmogorov complexity that’s high (because it’s random) or low (because it’s predictable)