Economist Mocks Hinton's 'Say Fourteen' Meme Making It Into the Paper of Record
burny_tech · x · 2026-10-28
Economist Eli Dourado shared an AZ Quotes meme of Geoffrey Hinton — "To deal with a 14-dimensional space, visualize a 3-D space and say 'fourteen' to yourself very loudly. Everyone does it" — and asked how such nonsense made it into "the paper of record." A classic AI-circle jab at prestige media uncritically amplifying celebrity quotes.
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