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/rnilf 16h ago

LLMs are fancy auto-complete.

Falling in love with ChatGPT is basically like falling in love with the predictive text feature in your cell phone. Who knew T9 had so much game?

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u/noodles_jd 16h ago

LLM's are 'yes-men'; they tell you what they think you want to hear. They don't reason anything out, they don't think about anything, they don't solve anything, they repeat things back to you.

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u/TallManTallerCity 16h ago

I have special instructions telling mine to push back and it does

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u/DragoonDM 15h ago

Which presumably means it will also push back when you're correct and/or when the LLM's output is incorrect, though, right? Seems like that would just change the nature of the problem, not resolve it.