Seven replies to the viral Apple reasoning paper – and why they fall short

Re:Seven replies to the viral Apple reasoning paper – and wh... by 2muchcoffeeman on Saturday June 14, 2025 @05:38PM (#44279011)

What’s the argument here that he’s not considering all the information regarding GenAI?

That there’s a trend to his opinion?

If I consider all the evidence regarding gravity, all my papers will be “gravity is real”.

In what ways is he only choosing what he wants to hear?

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Re:Seven replies to the viral Apple reasoning paper – and wh... by senko on Saturday June 14, 2025 @06:47PM (#44279350)

Replied elsewhere in the thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44279283

To your example about gravity, I argue that he goes from "gravity is real" to "therefore we can't fly", and "yeah maybe some people can but that's not really solving gravity and they need to go down eventually!"

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Re:Seven replies to the viral Apple reasoning paper – and wh... by 2muchcoffeeman on Sunday June 15, 2025 @05:34AM (#44281413)

If your argument about my gravity example holds. That’s not really a good argument. Between Newtons death and the first powered flight was almost 200 years. Being all negative about gravity would be reasonable since a bunch of stuff had to happen.

I’m not sure I buy your longer argument either.

I have a feeling the nay sayers are right on this. The next leap in AI isn’t something we’re going to recognise. (Obviously it’s possible - humans exist)

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