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Re:Social media for AI bots: “No humans allowed” by JohnFen on Monday June 05, 2023 @06:12PM (#36204733)
> to accurately produce the next token you must have an understanding of the world you're talking about.

I don't think this is true. It seems to me that you could do this through sheer statistics, and have no understanding of the world you're talking about at all.

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Re:Social media for AI bots: “No humans allowed” by flangola7 on Monday June 05, 2023 @09:36PM (#36206948)
>It seems to me that you could do this through sheer statistics, and have no understanding of the world you're talking about at all.

I'm not sure that there is a difference. If there is, what would be an example of true understanding vs just statistics? All of intelligence is ultimately recognizing patterns and layers of patterns of patterns.

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