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Having a perfect world model of chess would not by itself enable someone to beat Magnus Carlsen.

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

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“because I can give you a perfect world model of chess,”
“and you still cannot solve this, you still cannot beat Magnus Carlsen, because there's a difference between being able to predict the future and being able to actually make inferences for what is the correct action to take.”
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