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Cremieux is the pen name of reddit user u/TrannyPornO just read some of his comments.

Some form of prediction being used by the higher-level neurons doesn't make the brain a prediction engine.

> Have you heard of information theory? > Your argument against deriving meaning from statistics completely ignores that the brain also works this way. The brain is not predicting …

This talk by Feynman is slightly related: https://youtu.be/obCjODeoLVw

> I understand that you may believe your ability to think is magic. Nobody said that. I am sick of the false dichotomy of being given only two choices: a) It's magic b) It's akin t…

If it's continious then nothing is emerging and it can be explained by the sum of it's sub-systems.

> Of course it's just statistics, but so are we. Where is this coming from?

https://libraryofbabel.info/bookmark.cgi?i.jcpzd341

> Do you see? Emergence can only be discontinuous.

Thanks for sharing! In the 1st example ["computer nerds", "hackernews", "geeky", "computer tones"] seem to make the result sound more like an old-school RPG soundtrack rather than …

I still cant believe people voluntarily scanned their fucking eyeballs!

You think privacy has no value?

> Really, has there been a backlash against me? I hadn't noticed any change. I actually worry a lot that as I get "popular" I'll be able to get away with saying stupider stuff than…

I blame Substack.

> society and the economy like never before. This process carries enormous risks and opportunities, which are currently basically... ignored (well, the risk side) What risks are yo…

Not achievable with current methods != Impossible

I dont think its fair to say that LLMs have passed the Turing test.

From the wikipedia page you linked: Isaac Asimov's Corollary to Clarke's First Law: "When, however, the lay public rallies round an idea that is denounced by distinguished but elde…

> This thread's article was written by a high-IQ intelligent author. Does he also have a Mensa membership?

If not convincing what argument for and against do you think is the strongest?