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The point is that "internal database of statistical correlations" is a world model of sorts. We all have an internal representation of the world featuring only
by naasking 2y ago
The point is that "internal database of statistical correlations" is a world model of sorts. We all have an internal representation of the world featuring only probabilistic accuracy after all. I don't think the distinction is as clear as you want it to be.
- mdp2021 2y ago> "internal database of statistical correlations" [would be] a world model of sorts Not in the sense used in the article: «memorizing “surface statistics”, i.e., a long list of correlations that do not reflect a causal model of the process generating the sequence». A very basic example: when asked "two plus two", would the interface reply "four" because it memorized a correlation of the two ideas, or because it counted at some point (many points in its development) and in that way assessed reality? That is a dramatic difference.