Comment Re: Reason (Score 1) 83
are inherently statistical systems
So is your brain. Inherently. That was the point.
This can be pretty easily demonstrated by the fact that all current LLMs can be coaxed into saying things that are illogical
Ah, yes. Can't do that with a human.
As you point out you can "approximate" logic and arrive at logical conclusions with these systems
I was actually referring to your brain.
but you are not doing so using a logic engine
lol. Do you feel that your brain has a logic engine that doesn't sit upon a purely probabilistic circuit?
At the philosophical level, logic exists outside of our neurons
Absolutely. Logic exists outside of everything.
Human logic does not exist outside of its neurons. To claim otherwise is dualist absurdity.
Its rules are (as far as we accept anything in reality) independent of human existence.
Indeed they are. In order to make that claim have anything whatsoever to do with anything, you'll have to pivot to your mind also being independent of human existence.
So just because our neurons are also subject to the imperfections of stochastic systems
Imperfections? The system they implement is purely stochastic. If it had been beneficial to compute differently, they'd have evolved a more resilient neuron.
So just because our neurons are also subject to the imperfections of stochastic systems does not mean that ALL stochastic systems are logical.
Good- then you agree that handwaving logic performed by an LLM as "applying statistical probability" is dumb.