The suggestion is, you don't know either whether out brains ain't just "probabilistic token generators" so insisting there is nothing when we don't know, is maybe also not the right strategy.

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RandomLensman an hour ago | parent [-]

Is there any indication from our current understanding that brains are nothing more than probabilistic token generators? Not like we have no understanding of the brain.

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danielbln 39 minutes ago | parent [-]

There are strong indications that brains are prediction engines. Tokens are an implementation detail of LLMs and irrelevant to the discussion.

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RandomLensman 27 minutes ago | parent [-]

So we know that implementation doesn't matter as long as it is somehow making predictions (and predictions also on different things)?

Most living things are prediction engines in a way, why compare to the brain then to start with and not, e.g., bacteria?

	▲	danielbln 11 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Implementation does matter, my point is that different implementations can lead to the same result. And why compare to the brain? Mostly because of complexity. I can't interface with a bacteria in any meaningful way, but I can interface with an LLM to a significant degree.