CDT paradigm case proposed: quantum RNG hooked to RL-style randomized exploration
jessi_cata · x · 2026-11-10
jessicata pushes back in the FDT/CDT debate: her paradigmatic CDT case is a quantum RNG hooked to a computer running an RL-like algorithm that uses the RNG for randomized exploration, matching both "physical cause" and "interventionist cause". She also rejects Johnston's retrospective reinterpretation via the "FDT family" framing — his earlier claim that dependency hypotheses in the FDT family are not "logical" is in tension with canonical FDT's Equation 4, and can't be papered over.
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