[mannykannot]

I have always believed that understanding is an emergent property of physical processes that could be modeled computationally, but I do not think deep learning has yet demonstrated that it has yet achieved it. Some of the evidence comes from the ways it fails, such as 'recognizing' images that humans would understand are not what the systems think they are, and being confident in decisions that make no sense. These situations occur precisely because of a lack of understanding. I am open to the possibility that deep learning alone might achieve understanding, but I think it is more likely to succumb to the law of diminishing returns before it gets there.