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How is equivalence of ability to calculate functions relevant (also, citation needed)? It doesn't imply equivalence of what is actually happening.
by RandomLensman 3y ago
How is equivalence of ability to calculate functions relevant (also, citation needed)? It doesn't imply equivalence of what is actually happening.
- logicchains 3y agoCitation for neural networks being universal approximators (able to approximate any function): https://www.deep-mind.org/2023/03/26/the-universal-approximation-theorem/ https://www.deep-mind.org/2023/03/26/the-universal-approxima... . I don't have a citation for the human brain, but if it's not then that would make it less powerful than an LLM, mathematically speaking. If human consciousness can be modelled as mathematical function (which it can if we don't assume anything supernatural), then it can potentially be approximated to an arbitrarily high degree by an LLM.
- RandomLensman 3y agoThanks. Approximator, not calculator, though. Can make a difference (which can also lead to different mathematical and physical capabilities). But comes back to my point: because hypothetically one system might be able to approximate another system doesn't mean that it will happen practically that one system is equivalent to the other. Whether or not depends on the properties of the system to be approximated (leaving aside that not everything is a mathematical function).