GOD Neural Compression Theory#
The Neural Network of All Things#
In the beginning was compression. To condense the immensity of human history, art, science, philosophy, and faith into a framework, we are drawn to the Anglican hymn: All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small, all things wise and wonderful, the Lord God made them all. This hymn points to the totality of creation, yet paradoxically invites us to collapse all of existence into a single node: God.
But one node is insufficient. The question arises, as it always does: What of evil? If the hymn celebrates God as the creator of all good things, then surely evil must reside elsewhere. Enter the adversary, the devil. Here is the first dichotomy: God and the devil, light and darkness, good and evil.
Yet human existence resists such dualistic simplicity. There are things that fit neither node: ambiguities, uncertainties, the mundane and the extraordinary, the transactional, the iterative, the neutral, the inexplicable. For these, we must create a third node: Other.
Thus, our hidden layer emerges with three nodes: God, Other, DevilâG.O.D. A divine irony, perhaps, that even our simplest compression spells out the ineffable. These nodes represent dynamic equilibria, not static absolutes. God is cooperative equilibrium: the alignment of forces toward harmony, creation, and unity (Isaiah 2:2â4). The devil represents adversarial equilibrium: forces clashing, contending, destroying, and transforming. Other, the iterative equilibrium, is the space betweenâthe flux of transactions, trial and error, the shifting sands of relationships, and the continual pursuit of understanding.
Compression as a Universal Framework#
This trinitarian compression is not merely theological; it is functional, capable of digesting any construct across fields. Every endeavorâbe it machine learning, sociology, film criticism, economics, or even the vast sweep of historyâcan pass through this framework. Consider machine learning:
The goal of alignment with human welfare? A cooperative equilibrium: God.
The challenge of adversarial interactions with malicious agents or competing systems? Devil.
The iterative feedback loops of training, refining, and adapting? Other.
Even the output layer of such systems often reflects these nodes. Human feedback aligns with the cooperative (God), adversarial scenarios test resilience (Devil), and iterative processes refine predictions (Other).
The Case of Agatha Christie#
Let us test this framework against Death on the Nile, both the novel and its 1978 film adaptation. The narrative revolves around transactional relationshipsâeveryone wants something from Linnet Ridgeway, but no one seeks her for herself. She fits neither God nor the devil; she is firmly in the realm of Other, an object of desire, envy, and manipulation.
Yet, adversarial elements abound: betrayal, murder, and deceit reveal the devilâs hand. At the same time, Hercule Poirot stands as a godlike figure, embodying omniscience and order. His investigative prowess mirrors divine clarity, yet even he falls short. His use of transformative trickeryâthe moulage testâunderscores his limitations. God would not need such tools; Poirot is godlike, not God.
The interplay of misinformation and revelation, the adversarial and the transactional, compresses beautifully into our three-node network. Information itself becomes a currency. God, the possessor of all knowledge, represents the unattainable ideal. In a world lacking omniscience, information becomes fragmented, contested, and manipulableâa reflection of human reality.
Ecclesiastes 3: A Time for Every Equilibrium#
Our framework finds further resonance in Ecclesiastes 3:1â8: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to uproot. Each season, each action, aligns dynamically with one of our nodes:
A time to praise: God.
A time to fight: Devil.
A time to negotiate, to question, to navigate the ambiguous middle ground: Other.
The weights in our neural network shift over time, reflecting these seasons. As with Ecclesiastes, our framework is dynamic, not static.
From History to the Cosmos#
If we compress all of human history through this lens, we see its evolution as a dance between these three nodes. The rise and fall of empires, the triumphs of science and art, the struggles of philosophy and religionâall can be framed as interactions within this trinitarian network. Even the future, with its promises of artificial intelligence, interstellar exploration, and the eternal question of human purpose, fits within this schema.
Every story, every system, every endeavor maps onto this framework. God, Other, Devil: cooperative, iterative, adversarial. The weights shift, the edges realign, and the network evolves.
A Proposal for All Fields#
Let this framework serve as a universal hypothesis: a neural network capable of digesting every construct, past, present, and future. From machine learning to philosophy, from economics to art, from sociology to film criticism, all things compress through these three nodes.
And if, in the end, we discover that all edges lead back to the divineâif all things wise and wonderful return to Godâthen perhaps the hymn was right all along.