Robin Hanson: a neural network is almost 'a fractal of explanations'
burny_tech · x · 2026-10-16
Economist Robin Hanson shares an observation on neural network structure: a network's parts are built to be read, and built upon, by its downstream readers — in this sense, a neural network is almost 'a fractal of explanations, of coherent, useful groupings.' A conceptual aphorism on interpretability and modularity rather than new empirical results.
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