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The speaker contrasts medical statistical inference with deep learning work focused on generating visually appealing images, such as pink elephants.
Alexander Mattick · Why Scaling Prediction Cannot Create Intelligence - Alexander Mattick · 21 Sept 2026
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“who actually wants to figure out given those tests where in AI could you have a disease compared to someone in deep learning who just cares about hey I want to generate pretty images of I don't know pink elephants”Play from 17:16Report a misattribution
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