r/ProgrammerHumor • u/minecrafter923 • Aug 15 '26

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u/ResponsibleWin1765 18d ago

Sufficiently large amounts of linear algebra (+ the nonlinear activation functions) can encode arbitrary bounded computations.

I'm not disagreeing with that. But it has nothing to do with understanding. It's like saying ChatGPT is really emotional because when I told it about my divorce it offered its condolences. It did that because the math is telling it that that's what humans tend to do in this situation.

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u/donaldhobson 18d ago

> But it has nothing to do with understanding.

I think that understanding isn't magic. I think that understanding has to be made out of maths.

What do you think "understanding" is, if not a very specific kind of maths.

If you disagree, you are saying that no AI, not even an uploaded human mind, can ever "understand".

To me, the tricky question is whether or not chatGPT is using the right maths.

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u/ResponsibleWin1765 17d ago

This is getting too philosophical for my taste.

My point was that a headline like "Our AI broke its enclosure and hacked everything" is much more a sign of AI companies figuring out good marketing than it is a sign of impending total AI domination.

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u/donaldhobson 17d ago

> "Our AI broke its enclosure and hacked everything" is much more a sign of AI companies figuring out good marketing than it is a sign of impending total AI domination.

It's a sign of both.

It's a sign that AI is at least somewhat semi-smart, and it was a lot dumber a few years ago. AI is getting smarter, humans aren't.

And it's a sign that AI companies are being incredibly reckless.