Is There a Difference Between Symbol Manipulation and Deep Learning Algorithms?

I had such a fun debate with it over John Sorrel's philosophy and the difference between symbol manipulation and like deep learning algorithms. I spent all afternoon trying to see what good things it would say about Nazis and which Nazis and it wouldn't say much eh well nothing about himler. The continentals would probably win because they kind of say there's always gonna be that irreducible gap in truth, he says.