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Re:Behind the curtain: what it feels like to work in AI righ... by kolinko on Friday April 07, 2023 @04:20AM (#35479454)
9 things is considered a standard for working memory (kind of like processor registers), for people with ADHD it's even less - 3-5.

Try writing a number from one piece of paper to another. If it's more than 7-9 numbers, you won't do it in one shot, unless you spend extra time memorizing it.

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Re:Behind the curtain: what it feels like to work in AI righ... by alexvoda on Friday April 07, 2023 @07:27AM (#35480489)
The equivalent for computers would be L1 cache on the CPU which is tiny.
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Re:Behind the curtain: what it feels like to work in AI righ... by kolinko on Saturday April 08, 2023 @03:29AM (#35491339)
More like cpu registers I would say :)
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Re:Behind the curtain: what it feels like to work in AI righ... by JohnFen on Friday April 07, 2023 @06:30PM (#35487893)
That can be increased quite a bit with practice. But it's also not important. It's just the cache memory -- it isn't the limit of what can be learned and recalled.
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Re:Behind the curtain: what it feels like to work in AI righ... by kolinko on Saturday April 08, 2023 @03:35AM (#35491374)
It is a limit on what you can reason about without a piece of paper.

I’m proficient at math, but my working memory is around 6, so I cannot add two three digit numbers to each other in my head (unless I see numbers to be added in front of me).

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Re:Behind the curtain: what it feels like to work in AI righ... by JohnFen on Monday April 10, 2023 @10:56AM (#35513093)
OK, but I and nearly all of my friends can, so we have duelling anecdotes here.
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