The Thinking Game Film – Google DeepMind documentary • Hacker News Board

Watched it a while ago. Made me seriously think about AI and what we should use it for. I feel like all the entertainment use cases (image and video gen) are a complete waste.

Re: The Thinking Game Film – Google DeepMind documentary

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Post by DrierCycle » Sun, Nov 30, 2025, 4:26 PM UTC

aschla wrote: post #4

DrierCycle wrote: post #2

AlphaFold is optimization, not thinking. Propaganda 'r us.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44203562

Re: The Thinking Game Film – Google DeepMind documentary

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Post by fredoliveira » Sun, Nov 30, 2025, 4:27 PM UTC

DrierCycle wrote: post #2

AlphaFold is optimization, not thinking. Propaganda 'r us.

Did you watch the documentary? Would probably fare better if you did, because it'd give you the context for the film title.

Re: The Thinking Game Film – Google DeepMind documentary

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Post by DrierCycle » Sun, Nov 30, 2025, 4:31 PM UTC

dwa3592 wrote: post #5

DrierCycle wrote: post #2

AlphaFold is optimization, not thinking. Propaganda 'r us.

what is thinking?

Sharp wave ripples, nested oscillations, cohering at action-syntax. The brain is "about actions" and lacks representations.