FWIW, I find Jones’s remark plausible, but I agree with you about the reductionist nature of the prediction engine assertion. It’s gotten far too much play in discussions, especially the popular press.
More like people underestimate just how powerful the reductionist view really is. Yes, it all does just in the end reduce it to the basic elements like matrix multiplication or word prediction or basic logic gates/boolean circuits, it’s just that people don’t grasp how far the reductionist paradigm can take you.
FWIW, I find Jones’s remark plausible, but I agree with you about the reductionist nature of the prediction engine assertion. It’s gotten far too much play in discussions, especially the popular press.
More like people underestimate just how powerful the reductionist view really is. Yes, it all does just in the end reduce it to the basic elements like matrix multiplication or word prediction or basic logic gates/boolean circuits, it’s just that people don’t grasp how far the reductionist paradigm can take you.
To the extent that the reductionist view leads you to ignore or discount the structure that’s been built up in the model, it takes you too far.