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black_knightyesterday at 9:59 PM1 replyview on HN

I keep hearing that. At the same time people makes comments like the one you just answered to, using that analogy heavily. Could someone who understands both say where the analogy breaks down in this case?


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parineumtoday at 12:32 AM

The brain is...

~a machine~

~a steam engine~

~a computer~

an LLM

Analogies help understand the brain but OP is taking the analogy and then going back and applying principles from the analog to the brain.

The brain is the brain, it isn't any of those other things.