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Alexander Mattick thinks large language models and other large models should be understood through their bulk properties rather than their individual components.

Alexander Mattick · Why Scaling Prediction Cannot Create Intelligence - Alexander Mattick · 21 Sep 2026

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“you model the actual bulk properties with like a Navier-Stokes.”
“And the same thing I think is true with large language or let's say any large model.”
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