{"id":2866,"date":"2025-06-12T16:53:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T14:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homo-extensus.ai-book.it\/2025\/06\/12\/platonic-ideas-chinese-ideograms-or-universal-ideo-graphs-of-the-future\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T20:40:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T18:40:58","slug":"platonic-ideas-chinese-ideograms-or-universal-ideo-graphs-of-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homo-extensus.ai-book.it\/en\/2025\/06\/12\/platonic-ideas-chinese-ideograms-or-universal-ideo-graphs-of-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Platonic ideas, Chinese ideograms or universal ideo-graphs of the future?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2866-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/homo-extensus.ai-book.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/880_idee_platoniche_ideogrammi_cinesi_o_ideografie_universali_del_futuro.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/homo-extensus.ai-book.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/880_idee_platoniche_ideogrammi_cinesi_o_ideografie_universali_del_futuro.mp3\">https:\/\/homo-extensus.ai-book.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/880_idee_platoniche_ideogrammi_cinesi_o_ideografie_universali_del_futuro.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<div class=\"text-center\"><div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" ><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>One objection related to the &#8220;Platonic Representation Hypothesis&#8221;, which essentially identifies below Artificial Intelligence models a set of &#8220;universal ideas&#8221; common to spoken languages and images recognized by humans, derives from the observation that language can express a concept or feeling that many images cannot. 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