The mirror metaphor isn't quite right as the central foundations of this new technology are *statistical* in a way that reflections of light are not. We don't yet know the role of statistics in human creativity and insight but it is at least plausible that LLMs and other AI is closer to modelling this than any tech we have had before - and certainly closer than the analogy of a mirror.
Interesting reflections 😂. I like the mirror analogy. The jury is still out on if AI can create truly original possibilities for us in the future.
The mirror metaphor isn't quite right as the central foundations of this new technology are *statistical* in a way that reflections of light are not.
We don't yet know the role of statistics in human creativity and insight but it is at least plausible that LLMs and other AI is closer to modelling this than any tech we have had before - and certainly closer than the analogy of a mirror.
But completely agree that 'life is predictable, until it isn't '. Bayes will only take us so far!
Wow, so many comments!