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		irenaeus 3 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Religious scholars met with Anthropic Neurons are different from GPU logic gates and the physical mechanisms by which a network of physical neurons computes answers is extremely different from the physical mechanism by which a GPU computes an answer.
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hnlmorg 3 days ago [–]

An LLM neurone is a software abstraction. It has nothing to do with GPU logic gates. In fact you dont even need GPUs specifically to run an LLM.

You shouldn’t compare biological neurones to microprocessor logic gates because that’s like comparing a car to a pair of shoes.

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