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You're arguing about whether it's possible or not. You're saying it's not possible.

It is possible.

Not really. He said no one who knows anything about the brain thinks it's a binary system.

AFAIK, that is true.

Whether it's possible to replicate what happens in the brain on a binary system or not is a separate thing entirely. It's also not what LLMs are attempting to do.

You're reading him too narrowly. He's answering the question of whether the brain can be modeled (math or magic), and arguing against it. Or maybe he's arguing for a middle ground. Hard to say exactly, he's not very clear.

Except the brain can be modeled with arbitrary precision - so he's got an uphill battle in either case.

TLDR: Yes, he literally said "binary computer" but from the context it's clear he means more than that.

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