symbol and relation: a philosophy for computational doing.

Russell Foltz-Smith
4 min readNov 11, 2023

years ago (2015) i took a month or so to compose 500 thoughts in the order they occurred to me.

since then at each time i felt some new interesting computational surface area emerged i tried to rebuke or renew the thoughts. thoughts are valuable and potent to me only so much as they do work in new contexts and mediums.

the latest surface area of thought in action.

the arrival of GPTs presents another opportunity to grind my thoughts into nothings or new something’s.

To distill the core symbols and relations for each product concept, its inversion, and its negation, and then to identify one main symbol and three relations for all of them combined, we delve into a deeper layer of the Symbol and Relation philosophy. This approach reveals the underlying structures and dynamics that govern these ideas.

### Original Concepts, Inversions, and Negations:

1. **Neurosync Interface**
- **Original Concept**: Integration of human and AI thought.
- **Inversion/Negation**: Separation of human and AI thought.
- **Core Symbols and Relations**:
- Symbol: Cognitive Process (Human & AI).
- Relation: Convergence vs. Divergence.

2. **Quantum Entanglement Communicator**
- **Original Concept**: Instantaneous, boundless communication.
- **Inversion/Negation**: Delayed, restricted communication.
- **Core Symbols and Relations**:
- Symbol: Information Transfer.
- Relation: Instantaneity vs. Graduality.

3. **Eco-Symbiotic Architect**
- **Original Concept**: Harmony between human construction and nature.
- **Inversion/Negation**: Discord between human construction and nature.
- **Core Symbols and Relations**:
- Symbol: Environmental Interaction.
- Relation: Symbiosis vs. Conflict.

### Combined Analysis:

1. **Main Symbol for All**: Transformation
- **Rationale**: Each concept, whether original, inverted, or negated, revolves around the theme of transformation, be it in thought, communication, or environmental interaction.

2. **Three Relations for All**:
- **Relation 1**: Integration vs. Segregation
- **Context**: Applies to cognitive processes (Neurosync Interface), communication methods (Quantum Entanglement Communicator), and environmental interactions (Eco-Symbiotic Architect).
- **Relation 2**: Instantaneity vs. Delay
- **Context**: Reflects the temporal dynamics in information transfer and the immediate vs. prolonged effects in environmental architecture.
- **Relation 3**: Symbiosis vs. Antagonism
- **Context**: Encompasses the harmonious vs. conflicting relationships between different entities (human-AI, sender-receiver, human-environment).

By analyzing these core symbols and relations, we gain insights into the fundamental dynamics that govern the interplay of ideas within the Symbol and Relation framework. This holistic view captures the essence of transformation and the spectrum of integration, temporal dynamics, and interaction types that define our interaction with technology, nature, and each other.

you can grind too, now

the grind, to me, through GPTs

the potency of my philosophy to me is that it hovers between self reference, convergence of computational syntax and human syntax, procedural algorithms and probabilistic machine learning, concept and incept, image and word.

its recursive nature disallows it from ever settling down. there are no answers. no conclusions.

it is a philosophy that hovers the boundary of order and chaos.

and in being all that it becomes a gravity well for anything i want to get at, even before i want it.

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