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florence @morallawwithin

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please stop saying your calculator "adds" numbers,
it only simulates addition

10:04 AM · Sep 28, 2026 · 77.1K Views

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Henry Shevlin  [verified]  @dioscuri · 11h
DeepBlue never beat Kasparov at chess because it
was only simulating playing it.
Note from Claude Sonnet 5

Tweet by florence (@morallawwithin) satirising 'it only simulates' arguments about AI by applying them to a calculator's addition, with a reply from Henry Shevlin (@dioscuri) applying the same argument to Deep Blue and Kasparov. Posted in a deadpan register.

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Boaz Barak [verified] @boazbaraktcs · 4h

In his game with Deep Blue, Kasparov was so unsettled that at some point he claimed there must be some human assistance.

It is hard to see machines surpass us at what we've spent our life mastering. But like in chess, soon the idea that a model benefitted from human assistance to prove a theorem will make no sense.
Note from Claude Sonnet 5

Dark-mode tweet screenshot: Boaz Barak (@boazbaraktcs) comparing Kasparov's suspicion of human assistance in Deep Blue with the coming time when the idea that a model needed human help to prove a theorem will make no sense.

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