Post #1973416
2026-02-27 04:17 UTC
@dragonfrog @lmorchard @leeloo @wolf480pl
Are the images reflected in a distorted mirror the product of intelligence (of the mirror)?
They are coherent, a literal transform of the input images, reflected and produce a recognizable, if distorted and changed version.
A traditional function output. Let's add some noise to make it non-deterministic, a wind blowing through that minutely distorts the surface.
Intelligible output following from the input, but the mirror itself isn't intelligent.
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@pseudonym@mastodon.online 2026-02-27 04:20
@dragonfrog @lmorchard @leeloo @wolf480pl The intelligence apparently making the meaning is pre-encoded in the input. Likewise, the vector math is extracting and exposing structure, encoded in language, put there originally by the intelligent humans. There is no world model or understanding. That's why counting the "r" in strawberry or simply counting to 200 is so challenging. The behavior can reasonably be called intelligent, but it's due to borrowed, reformulated, extracted intelligence