LLMs have proved that language can be approximated by a computable function. It is an exercise in showing that the universe is computable, or that computation is the right way to view the world.

This computable function is approximated by a transformer after tons of data and compute are used. But it is just another example of things in the universe being computable.

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My neuro professor recently explained that "the brain is not a computer". I am skeptical. He takes computer at face value. No, computer is a class of systems, and he has yet to explain why the brain is not in this class. It runs programs