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		stevenhuang on Aug 28, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Diffusion models are real-time game engines > It makes me wonder if humans are just next moment prediction machines, with just a little bit more memory built in. Yup, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predictive_coding

quickestpoint on Aug 28, 2024 [–]

Umm, that’s a theory.

mind-blight on Aug 28, 2024 | [–]

So are gravity and friction. I don't know how well tested or accepted it is, but being just a theory doesn't tell you much about how true it is without more info

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