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		mensetmanusman on July 29, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: In 17th century, Leibniz dreamed of a machine that... Are the billions of parameters all symbols, or are you referencing math manipulation as symbol manipulation?

cubefox on July 30, 2023 [–]

Both the inputs and outputs are symbols: text.

mensetmanusman on July 30, 2023 | [–]

The machine is considering text the same way as RGB pixel values in the annealing process. Are these pixel values symbols?

Maybe it’s all information and symbols are a small way to grasp at it but not the complete way.

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