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OpenAI does not want you delving into o1 Strawberry’s alleged “chain of thought” (pivot-to-ai.com)
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[–] sailor_sega_saturn@awful.systems 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

In 2024 it is, at the very least, extremely uncomfortable to read Searle describe Chinese writing as "meaningless scribbles", "formal symbols"*, "squiggle squiggle", and "squoggle squoggle". Basically taking Chinese, ignoring the fact that it's a real language used by real people and is not alien nor inscrutable nor mathematical, and using it as a prop to purposefully obfuscate a thought experiment.

But that's like, just my opinion man.

* The paper never seems to get around to calling English letters symbols I wonder why.