The article is a bit of a stretch but this is even more of a stretch. Humans can do way more than an LLM, humans are never in only learning mode, our brains are always at least running our bodies as well, etc.
Exactly right - we are obviously not persistently in all-out training mode over the course of our lifetimes.
I suppose they intended that as a back-of-the-envelope starting point rather than a strict claim however. But even so, gotta be accountable to your starting assumptions, and I think a lot changes when this one is reconsidered.
I suppose they intended that as a back-of-the-envelope starting point rather than a strict claim however. But even so, gotta be accountable to your starting assumptions, and I think a lot changes when this one is reconsidered.