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Re:Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science by fasterik on Monday August 03, 2026 @03:18PM (#49160215)
That's like saying human cognition is "neurons." Matrices are an implementation detail. The important part of a language model is the function that maps tokens to contextual embeddings.
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Re:Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science by watutalkinbout on Monday August 03, 2026 @05:39PM (#49161798)
It isn't an implementation for neurons, unless you believe in a designing god.

Matrices are an implementation detail in reconstructing the surface of human knowledge. It's a complex surface, but it's a regurgitation.

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Re:Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science by aswegs8 on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @03:29AM (#49165401)
What's the argument here? It's not about the implementation method, it is about the behavior that emerges from it. You could calculate the next token by hand on paper if you had enough time.
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Re:Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science by alberto-m on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @07:58AM (#49167414)
It's incredible how the “Chinese Room” argument, as well as its counterarguments, is still incredibly pertinent despite being now more than 40 years old. Scientific American published many articles on this topic in the Eighties; they seem as fresh as ever.
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Re:Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science by watutalkinbout on Monday August 10, 2026 @05:45PM (#49250217)
Yep, it's a facsimile of a filtered subset of all human behaviour.
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