"Human language is a compressed mathematical isomorphism of cognition" — one dad's GPT-2 epiphany
repligate · x · 2026-09-29
A viral AI anecdote: after the author explained GPT-2 to his dad — citing gwern's observation that a generated jester called the king "my lord", showing rudimentary social-hierarchy understanding — the dad paused 30 seconds and said: "oh wow, human language is a fully general highly compressed mathematical isomorphism of human cognition, isn't it?"
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