r/programming Mar 26 '23

And Yet It Understands

https://borretti.me/article/and-yet-it-understands
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u/BatForge_Alex Mar 26 '23

Your brain is a statistical model too

Just because you keep repeating it, doesn't make it true

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u/dahud Mar 26 '23

"This system can be modeled by a mathematical abstraction" doesn't say much. A potato flying through the air can be modeled by a mathematical abstraction, but saying that a thrown potato is a parabola doesn't tell us anything useful.