Yeah I see what you mean. There's a decent argument to be made that something like reasoning appears as an emergent property in this kind of system, I'll admit. Still, the fact that fundamentally the code works as a prediction engine rules out any sort of real cognition, even if it makes an impressive simulacrum. There's just no ability to invent, no true novelty, which -- to my mind at least -- is the hallmark of actual reasoning.
There's an expression in French, "enculage de mouches". Literally means "fucking flies in the ass" and, figuratively, refers to being impossibly pedantic and nitpicky. Closest equivalent in English would be "splitting hairs" I think
He’s just a huge fat cat. He diets, he works out, but never really loses any weight. We’re not too worried about it. His actual licensed vet says he’s fine, so we’ll just listen to her because she went to cat medical school or whatever.
How is this possible? That cat is way beyond the "healthy at any size" range.
There was a young girl from Nic'ragua Who smiled as she rode on a jaguar They returned from the ride With the young girl inside And the smile on the face of the jaguar
Everyone's ragging on the Christmas retail ambience songs, but at least you can mitigate the risks of hearing those ones by staying the fuck out of shopping malls. My top three:
Cotton Eye Joe
Whatever that song is that's basically just "tonight's gonna be a good night" over and over
Honestly puzzled, why is the grocery store so awful? Inflation, or is it a social anxiety thing?