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They are fancy markov chains in the same way that your computer is a finite state machine. It is technically true, but it is an extremely unhelpful way of think
by sebzim4500 4y ago
They are fancy markov chains in the same way that your computer is a finite state machine. It is technically true, but it is an extremely unhelpful way of thinking about them.
- taf2 4y agoUntil it is helpful when you need to control the computer to process a sequence of data in a finite way similar to say a regular expression… #thisisfun
- taeric 4y agoUnhelpful is very different from wrong. Just as simplified does not mean reduced. It can align and help understanding, even if incomplete.
- culi 4y agoCorrect is very different from helpful Just as munged does not mean increased. It can contextualize understanding, even if incomplete
- inimino 4y agoTell that to Alan Turing.
- sebzim4500 4y agoAlan Turing wouldn't think of a modern computer as a finite state machine either, he would think of it as a very good approximation to a turing machine.
- inimino 4y agoWhich is a finite state machine attached to an infinite tape.