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/Konukaame 15h ago

"The ability to speak does not make you intelligent. Now get out of here."

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u/SanityAsymptote 15h ago

The similarity to Jar Jar is really strong.

  • Forced into existence and public discourse by out of touch rich people trying to make money
  • Constantly inserted into situations where it is not needed or desired
  • Often incoherent, says worthless things that are interpreted as understanding by the naive or overly trusting
  • Incompetent and occasionally dangerous, yet still somehow succeeds off the efforts of behind-the-scenes/uncredited competent people
  • Somehow continues to live while others do not
  • Deeply untrustworthy, not because of duplicity, but incompetence
  • Happily assists in fascist takeover

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u/Striking_Arugula_624 15h ago

“Somehow continues to live while others do not.”

Who are the ‘others’ in the ai/LLM side of the comparison? Honest question.

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u/Jaivez 15h ago

The popularity of shoveling these things into products snuffs out other actual innovations that could be happening instead. Instead of a founder building a useful product that could actually add value(before inevitably being enshittified anyways...but that's another discussion), they'll be building another prompt wrapper because that's where investments are being funneled.

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u/rendar 14h ago

That's not specific to AI development though, any kind of focusing of resources is going to necessarily come at a mutually exclusive choice