• drekly@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I do agree, but on the other hand…

    What does your brain do while reading and writing, if not predict patterns in text that seem correct and relevant based on the data you have seen in the past?

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      11 months ago

      I’ve seen this argument so many times and it makes zero sense to me. I don’t think by predicting the next word, I think by imagining things both physical and metaphysical, basically running a world simulation in my head. I don’t think “I just said predicting, what’s the next likely word to come after it”. That’s not even remotely similar to how I think at all.