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I’m starting to get tired of this antropomorphized terminology for neural networks. “Belief propagation”, “abstract reasoning”... No wonder that laypeople think
by tzahola 8y ago
I’m starting to get tired of this antropomorphized terminology for neural networks. “Belief propagation”, “abstract reasoning”... No wonder that laypeople think we’re on the brink of the AI apocalypse.
- amelius 8y agoYes, sadly, even scientists use marketing-speak. And I guess companies use this style of terminology to attract VCs and to push their half-baked products. Not sure if complaining about it would help though.
- mindcrime 8y agoThey are analogies, and there seems to be a lot of weight behind the idea that analogy making is core to human reasoning. So it would seem to make sense that we've adopted these analogies. Besides, why bother creating a whole second, parallel, terminology?