Ep 244: Deep learning is not "inductive".

We are told by people working in the field, researchers and those who publish academic papers on the topic that artificial intelligence or deep learning or LLMs or Machine Learning or Recurrent Neural Networks - call them what you like - employ some form of inductive reasoning. But do they? What is inductive reasoning? What is deductive or adductive for that matter? Is "new physics" or other new science being discovered by the most recent and best chatbots or other "artificially intelligent" computer systems? My response to all that is contained herein. For images see: For more information:

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Ep 244: Deep learning is not "inductive". is an episode from ToKCast by Brett Hall.

This episode is 22:35 long.

This episode was published on Aug 22, 2025.

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