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by anon291 572 days ago
This is like expressing surprise that a photon doesn't perform relativistic calculations on its mini chalkboard.

A simulation of a thing is not thing itself, but it is illuminating.

> pile of linear algebra

The entirety of physics is -- as you say -- a 'pile of linear algebra' and 'backprop' (differential linear algebra...)

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I don’t think “differential linear algebra” really counts as “backprop”.