Trillions of tokens spilled analyzing a possibly wrong model of reality
MikePFrank · x · 2026-09-09
Mike P. Frank jokes that thousands of gallons of ink and trillions of tokens have been spent analyzing an incorrect model of reality, pointing at ongoing debates in the AI/computing-theory community over whether mainstream theoretical frameworks mis-model physics. The reply quips that mathematicians simply hate the real world.
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