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There's a huge difference between "the AI receives synthetic data as if from an omniscient being and proceeds as if it were true" and "the animal brain creates synthetic data and assesses its plausibility and downstream consequences."

Synthetic data in AI training in fact has nothing to do with dreaming or armchair theorizing. It's a ridiculous comparison.



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