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What is essence?

AI

is dominated by deep learning.

Imperceptible changes to input can confuse a deep learning model, which means the model learns "non-essential" knowledge. Then ...

What is essence?

What is essence?

Art

depicts one thing in many different ways. An artistic depiction is not bounded by reality. The only boundary is the human mind.

Thus, art provides the widest range of perspectives humanly possible. What is the invariant in these wildly different perspectives?

What is essence?