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Re:Grok 4.6 by red75prime on Thursday August 13, 2026 @06:21AM (#49283876)
> We didn’t replicate the human brain. We built systems that can statistically approximate some of what the human brain might output in certain limited situations.

Which is equivalent to

"We didn't replicate the human brain. We partially replicated its functionality."

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Re:Grok 4.6 by sebastiennight on Thursday August 13, 2026 @03:09PM (#49290564)
In a "clean room" style implementation, as well. We've looked at the outputs, wrote a spec, and built from there.

In that sense, I guess at least LLMs are not infringeing on the kind of patents that would get the owners of AI labs hit by lightning.

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