I don't know how it sounds exactly for a native English speaker, but saying "adult neural networks" seems to give the intelligence trait to some piece of software.
In case you don't know the cultural reference, the joke is that kids can easily see that the hat is obviously a snake that has eaten an elephant, while adults only see a hat.
It's told in the first chapter of the famous childrens book, "the little prince"
> The narrator explains that, as a young boy, he once drew a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant in its stomach; however, every adult who saw the picture would mistakenly interpret it as a drawing of a hat. Whenever the narrator would try to correct this confusion, he was ultimately advised to set aside drawing and take up a more practical or mature hobby. The narrator laments the crass materialism of contemporary society and the lack of creative understanding displayed by adults. As noted by the narrator, he could have had a great career as a painter, but this opportunity was crushed by the misunderstanding of the adults.
I was going to link the book because I thought it was on the Public Domain, but apparently not in every country [1]. Also, the site you reference seems to be purposely misguiding visitors by omission about the book's licensing status [2].
>saying "adult neural networks" seems to give the intelligence trait to some piece of software
Ignoring the cultural reference everyone here is talking about:
How do you get that perception? We apply the adjective adult to animals to whom we (rightfully or wrongfully) don't attribute intelligence, and even to other lifeforms which we usually categorize as non-sentient (e.g. adult trees).
I think it is perfectly legitimate to assign the adjective adult to a neural network that has either left the training phase, or that is only undergoing marginal changes in further training. This seems to be mostly in line with how the word adult is used in other contexts.
Not that I'm opposed to calling software intelligent, in fact I think it would be weird if we couldn't call something intelligent just because it's silicon-based instead of being based on organic neurons. I just find it odd that you associate "adult" with intelligence at all.
Well, you're right. But somehow, my mind had wired "adult" to this kind of definition (wikipedia) : "Biologically, an adult is a human being or other organism that has reached sexual maturity". And therefore, I associated that to "organism" (I didn't think about animals, but I'd venture to say that when compared to computers, many familiar animals like a dog are more intelligent, but that's a debate, I understand that).
So in this sense, I found it surprising to associate a word that I use for "living"/biological things to a digital thing; specially in the context of A.I.
Maybe the term adult is, for me at least, very loaded with lots of meanings that go far behind the simple notion of "maturity"
I will try it in French, I've read it in Spanish, English, Italian and Japanese so far (the latter barely) so I think French would be a great addition and I probably will understand it being a Spaniard and all. Thanks for the recommendation
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