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Re:Every model learned by gradient descent is approximately ... by jjmarr on Saturday February 24, 2024 @11:11PM (#39497549)
A (common law) lawyer has to remember and understand case law, but they also have to create analogies to explain why and how new situations are like older ones. That's one of the main parts of being a good lawyer.

AI will be disruptive to aspects of professions that rely on rote memorization or research on a large corpus of data. But many of these supposedly memorization heavy professions require the ability to go beyond one's training and extrapolate from what one remembers.

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Re:Every model learned by gradient descent is approximately ... by vasilipupkin on Sunday February 25, 2024 @08:57AM (#39500859)
Absolutely, but I think my example still stands

If humans could come up with truly novel solutions frequently, it would be no problem hiring a divorce lawyer to do a corporate merger. But there is a very low likelihood of this ever happening anywhere.

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