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by xor99 1408 days ago
The headline is declaring that "self-taught" (digital) AI shows similarities to how the brain works and as a result misrepresents research in this field because this is not scientific fact. It's a metaphor, literally. Overstating results misrepresents the balance of opinion in a field and therefore the value of the metamers research. Metamers is treated fairly in its own right but these issues remain because the headline and most of the copy are promoting one narrative.