The definition of total collapse
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I was writing LLMs in the 80s. I followed the instructions in Scientific American and Godel, Escher, Bach.
Is Gödel, Escher, Bach worth the read, or the purchase? I heard it mentioned by (probably) someone else not long ago.
I read it as a book of puzzles, it doesn't want to be described in one sentence and I probably didn't finish reading it through until adulthood. It weaves the theme of self-awareness to explore what we do with life and what we think we want computers to do (in the 80s) and then applies the truth no system is perfect to demonstrate the zen of never really knowing it all anyway. If you have a lot of time to pursue many Carrollian wordplay and logicplay fugal voices to get a roundabout view of the braided thesis, go for it, it's still relevant; but otherwise check out Hofstadter's articles and shorter books to get a feel first.