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1 timestamped hit 1 source reading 1 extracted note Newest source: 2026-05-26, day precision Aliases: backpropagations

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Backpropagation

A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "weights in a certain way that allows for all these billion faces to match up with their names. Alright? And we call this back..."

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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "weights in a certain way that allows for all these billion faces to match up with their names. Alright? And we call this back..."

Most recent Jiang source touching this topic: From Iran To The AI God (2026-05-26, day precision).

Most connected source reading: From Iran To The AI God.

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Key Notes

Technical claim stated on 2026-05-26.

definition

Jiang says current AI does nothing beyond backpropagation and neural-network weight adjustment, even when the field gives those mechanisms grander names.

Timestamped Evidence

From Iran To The AI God

2026-05-26, day precision · Game Theory #28: Predictive History

Transcript

"weights in a certain way that allows for all these billion faces to match up with their names. Alright? And we call this back..."

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