[aprilthird2021]

> the gold standard of understanding something is being able to construct a program that replicates it

Cloning animals or even humans did not automatically make us understand how brains work. In fact, these were quite unrelated endeavors.

> I dislike the 'LLMs are magic' framing that seems to be taking over the world

Don't take that out on me. That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying there is a lack of determinism (mathematically provable, per se) in our current understanding of all AI (LLM included). There are many attempts to solve this problem. I've sat in on seminars about it myself. So far, we're not there yet

[kybernetikos]

> Cloning animals or even humans did not automatically make us understand how brains work. In fact, these were quite unrelated endeavors.

I agree. It's not copying that I'm saying is understanding, it's modelling.

> I'm saying there is a lack of determinism (mathematically provable, per se)

What do you mean by a lack of determinism in this case?