Five Hundred Dimensions
Five Hundred Dimensions The pond in your head has two dimensions. Length and width. The ducks float on a flat surface. The real pond has five hundred. What You Can Picture When we talk about semantic...
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Duck Pool
Duck Pool
Experiments
Here I explore the concepts of Semantic Operator Theory. Basically, the idea that the relationships of meaning between things has a space. Similar to the space between the rubber ducks in the pool.
The Duck Pool Experiments are simply stories that push our natural thought of language, into a conceptual space. Using various perspectives to highlight the slight signatures in the semantic patterns I see.
Exploring the Semantic Operator Engine from multiple perspectives. Each post a ripple in the pond.
EXPERIMENTS
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The Duck That Fetches
The Duck That Fetches You don't want to jump in the pond yourself. You want to send a duck. Training a Retriever Imagine you've trained a duck. Not to swim — all ducks do that — but to retrieve. You c...
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Building the Manifold Visualiser
Building the Manifold Visualiser I kept explaining semantic search to people and watching their eyes glaze over. Not because they weren't interested. Because there was nothing to point at. The Problem...
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Two RAGs
Two RAGs I built FSS-RAG first. It does a lot. Then I built FSS Mini RAG. It does less — deliberately. The second one taught me more about the first than building the first did. What Full RAG Looks Li...
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Introduction to the Semantic Operator Engine
Introduction to the Semantic Operator Engine What if understanding complex systems was as simple as watching ducks in a pool? The Real Work I'm building the Semantic Operator Engine—a framework for co...
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Shadows Beneath
Shadows Beneath Every duck you see floating has a shadow beneath it. Looking Down The pond is clear enough that when you look down, you can see the bottom. It's only a meter deep, maybe two in the cen...
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Describing Ducks
Describing Ducks I ask you to get me a duck. You jump in the pond. Every duck scatters. Two Ways to Get a Duck You're standing by the pond. I'm standing next to you. I want a specific duck. Option 1:...
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Crowded Corners
Crowded Corners Some parts of the pond are packed with ducks. Other parts are nearly empty. The Distribution Stand by any pond long enough and you'll notice the ducks aren't evenly spread out. They cl...
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The Pointing Problem
The Pointing Problem You point at a duck. I look where you're pointing. We're both looking at different ducks. The Setup Imagine we're standing by a pond. It's a calm day, the water is still, and ther...
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