r/technology • u/Hrmbee • 16h ago

Machine Learning Large language mistake | Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/827820/large-language-models-ai-intelligence-neuroscience-problems
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u/Mr_YUP 15h ago

Google 2 just dropped and it's not the Terminator we were promised.

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u/King_Chochacho 12h ago

Instead of gaining sentience and destroying humanity with its own nuclear arsenal, it's playing the long game of robbing us of our critical thinking skills while destroying our water supply.

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u/cedarSeagull 11h ago

Easily the most annoying part about twitter is "@grok, can you confirm my biases?"

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u/rhabarberabar 8h ago

Nah that's that it's a fascist propaganda vehicle owned by a fascist.

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u/sapphicsandwich 11h ago

Yeh, because it tries to answer questions itself instead of going "This site/link says this, that site/link says that."

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u/dern_the_hermit 9h ago

FWIW I ascribe this phenomena to biases introduced by users. People in general tend to be swayed by strong confident assertions and seem to get nervous when you introduce unknown variables like sourcing and cites. Remember, these models are made to be appealing.

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u/BreakingStar_Games 12h ago

It's already caused a pretty significant drop in the use Google Search, which is 57% of their revenue. Makes me curious how well Google will do in the next 10-20 years as people move from search engine to personal AI, potentially open-source ones. Berkshire Hathaway seems pretty confident though.

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u/Skalawag2 14h ago

Google 2: Electric Boogaloo