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A real dollar and a painting of a dollar can represent the same concept while differing substantially pixel by pixel.
Alexander Mattick · Why Scaling Prediction Cannot Create Intelligence - Alexander Mattick · 21 Sept 2026
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“The classic example, I don't know who did it, has the example back, it's an actual dollar versus like a painting of a dollar.”
“Like it represents the same idea, but it's very, very different on a pixel-to-pixel basis.”Play from 38:42Report a misattribution
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