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Scale and topology. That's the difference between ANNs of the 90s and 00s and today. They're still based on the same fundamental principles and doing (modulo sc
by Jtsummers 3y ago
Scale and topology. That's the difference between ANNs of the 90s and 00s and today. They're still based on the same fundamental principles and doing (modulo scale) the same fundamental things: classification, prediction, generation.
It is not magic, it has never been magic.
- esafak 3y agoScale and topology also differentiates all living creatures. In fact, our topologies are more similar than that of various neural networks, due to evolution. "Classification, prediction, generation" encapsulates everything we do too. So I guess we are not magical either.
- Jtsummers 3y ago> So I guess we are not magical either. We aren't, and I haven't said otherwise.
- esafak 3y agoWe have a different understanding of magic. Say if someone pressed a button and a human-like thing emerged out of a machine, I would call that pretty magical. Even if it was DNA-based, which we "understand", or ran an ML model, which we "understand". This is something that never come close to being done. Yet I think you would not find it magical. Einstein found wonder in the simplicity of a circle. What do you find magical?
- Jtsummers 3y agoYou initially wrote: > Magic is that which can not be explained. You have now redefined what you mean by "magic" as "that which inspires wonder". Changing definitions after a series of comments is a pretty poor way to have a discussion.
- esafak 3y agoThat which can not be explained inspires wonder. That's basically what makes magic magic.