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AI has access to a vastly larger working memory than the human brain
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This article argues that AI's superior performance in complex tasks like mathematics may be due to its massive external working memory rather than genuine intelligence. By maintaining vast context windows, AI models bypass the biological limitations that restrict human cognitive processing.
At the 1952 dedication of the Institute for Advanced Study computer. AI may be less like an electronic Einstein than a machine-amplified von Neumann: immense speed, breadth and symbolic memory. When an AI system solves a difficult mathematical problem, the usual explanation is that it has become more intelligent.
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