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> You were arguing the second, I'm a counterexample. I still don't think you are. Since we agree that you memorized numbers and how they are sequential, and that counting is moving "up" in the sequence, addition as counting is still memorizing a procedure based on this, not just memorizing a name: to add any two numbers, count down on one as you count up on the other until the first number number reaches zero, and th…
I think you are confusing "memory" with strategies based on memorisation. Yes memorising (ie putting things into memory) is always involved in learning in some way, but that is too general and not what is discussed here. "Compression is understanding" possibly to some extent, but understanding is not just compression; that would be a reduction of what understanding really is, as it involves a certain range of process…
Re: ARC Prize – a $1M+ competition towards open AGI progress
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