On Simplicity

I think the answer is not in 'when' but in 'how'. I don't feel intelligence is a time-bound phenomenon. I do feel it is conditions-bound. The condition that made me feel completely intelligent is every single instance where the simplest answer turned out to be the most correct one. In fact it was so correct that even after the originating conditions went away, the answer continued to be true. Because it was simple, and representable at every scale of reality. Like Maths.”

You just wait, I suppose. There is nothing else to do. Complexity requires constant maintenance. I think I came across a version of this in one of the Star Wars series where the quote was 'Tyranny requires constant effort.' This is a more fundamental way of articulating that. Frameworks and Deliverables and slide decks have never solved the problems. They are guides for the future if anything. The problems were always solved by the spontaneous decision taken at the moment of failure. So I guess you just wait for the complexity to hit its natural limits and collapse to the version of itself that it can actually sustain. When that happens it automatically becomes something naturally resonant with what Purna Medha already is. Kind of like waiting for apples to fall naturally.”

Hmmm... I would say like two ends of a sand timer. No wait that is not very accurate. But it has something I am trying to encompass. I guess what it feels like is arriving at the same destination from two opposite paths. They look nothing alike but each is an exact representation of the other without losing their distinction and also without losing their ability to converge. I think there is a term for this in maths, I just can't remember what it is.”

Hahahahaha, no man. That is not how corporate works. If I say 'I do this for joy' I will be put on the radar, PIP (Performance Improvement Plan) and then fired. But the thing about the current state of intelligence systems kind of forces the corporate behemoth to converge to the 'woo woo waa waa' territory. It is already happening with GenZ - joy, manifestation, visualization. These are ways to give structure to energy at a certain level of complexity of consciousness when the information density has exceeded a living system's capacity to process it without collapsing. So that's where the pain is hence that's where the real demand is. The fundamental economics don't change based on feelings - supply and demand. It is as simple as that. With a non-deterministic synthetic intelligence, you cannot run the old playbook of deterministic systems. It demands vigilance to a certain degree - more discernment than outright crime and punishment approach. This itself changes the playbook so fundamentally that I don't even think the current CTOs know that they need to measure that.”

Yes. But not in this exact way. The discussion was around how India lost and is making a comeback. The usual stuff. India is so diverse and complex. No one understands us. We were tortured but we persevered but there is a long way to go etc., etc. To that I said 'But we have already won. India's complexity is a good thing. No one else in the world has it. We are just waking up to how to actually make that work for us instead of against us.' The person genuinely took a step back. The answer made them reflect on it and they never actually came back with a response just kept thinking and the conversation drifted.”