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> humans are "just statistical models spitting out sequences of words" I think a lot of research would suggest that this is actually how the brain works.
by iamacyborg 5y ago
> humans are "just statistical models spitting out sequences of words"
I think a lot of research would suggest that this is actually how the brain works.
- i_like_waiting 5y agoThats pretty much how I learned spanish, for half of stuff I had no idea about exact meaning, I just knew that my girlfriend used those words in similar situations.
- mypastself 5y agoThat might make you a “Spanish room”: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_room https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_room
- iamacyborg 5y agoI think the general idea is that the human mind is effectively a Chinese room, consciousness is just a by-product of the brain doing it's thing and free will is merely an illusion. https://www.academia.edu/1502945/The_Last_Magic_Show_A_Blind_Brain_Theory_of_the_Appearance_of_Consciousness https://www.academia.edu/1502945/The_Last_Magic_Show_A_Blind...