'AI is just matrix multiplication' is the new 'emotions are just chemicals'
karmicoder · x · 2026-11-03
A quotable analogy making the rounds: saying 'AI is just matrix multiplication' echoes the old reductionist line 'emotions are just chemicals in the brain' — describing the substrate correctly while dismissing the higher-level phenomenon.
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