[Epiphany21]

>Yuo cna reda tihs raedliy btu teh copmtuer cna't.

Why can't it? Isn't that basically what current AI research is doing? Using massively parallel systems to make quick inferences based on existing data sets?

>the machine doesn't know jack about text. It knows arrays and sequences of numbers according to the rules we've defined them by, for it.

If you want to be pedantic and define a computer as the hardware only, sure. The operating system (which contains tools that can in fact parse text) is an essential component in the vast majority of computers in existence. So when I'm discussing computers as a complete, usable unit, then yes, they parse text.

>Our machines are beautiful, well designed levers. But they don't move anything, they leverage our movement.

Well said.