[adw]

> The language of continuous functions is alien to most humans and it's very difficult to encode one's intuitive, common sense knowledge into a system using that language

In other words; machine learned models are octopus brains (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-mind-of-an-oc...) and that creeps you out. Fair enough, it creeps me out too, and we should honour our emotions — I'm no rationalist – but we should also be aware of the risks of confusing our emotional responses with reality.

[YeGoblynQueenne]

Please don't god mode me? Machine learning doesn't creep me out. I'm sorry it creeps you out. In my culture, octopus is a prized delicacy, my dad used to fish them out of the sea with his bare hands when I was a kid. If you wanna creep me out, you should try snake, not octopus.