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We may need a spectrum of representations that allows fewer constraints at lower levels, where representations change through interaction, while favoring higher-level abstract representations that are better known and more invariant.

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

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“a spectrum of representations where we admit fewer constraints because we allow for the fact that lower level representations change as we interact with them, but maybe we privilege higher abstract representations that are more known and invariant.”

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