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		quantum_state on May 15, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ilya Sutskever to leave OpenAI Would say understanding usually means ability to connect the dots and see the implications … not feeling.

truculent on May 15, 2024 [–]

Okay, what if I put it like this: there is understanding (ability to reason about things), and there is knowing that you understand something.

In people, these are correlated, but one does not necessitate the other.

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