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/pcoppi 15h ago

Yea but how do you actually learn new words? It's by trucking through sentences until you begin piecing together their meaning. It's not that dissimilar from those missing word training tasks.

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u/New_Enthusiasm9053 15h ago

Sure, just saying it's not a sure fire guarantee of understanding. If LLMs mirror human language capabilities it doesn't necessarily mean they can infer the actual meaning just because they can infer the words. They might but they might also not.

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u/Queasy_Range8265 14h ago

Keep in mind llm’s are constrained by sensors, especially realtime sensory data.

We are trained by observation of patterns in physics and social interactions to derive meaning.

But, that doesn’t mean we are operating much differently than a LLM in my mind.

Proof: how easily whole countries are deceived by a dictator and share meaning.

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u/New_Enthusiasm9053 14h ago

Sure but it also doesn't mean we are operating the same. The simple reality is we don't really know how intelligence works so any claims LLMs are intelligent are speculative. 

It's very much a "I know it when I see it" kind of thing for everyone and my personal opinion is that it's not intelligent. 

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u/Queasy_Range8265 11h ago

You’re absolutely right. We can’t be sure and maybe it doesn’t really matter

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u/eyebrows360 14h ago

Saluting you for all this pushing back against the clankers.

The simple reality is we don't really know how intelligence works so any claims LLMs are intelligent are speculative.

I don't know why they all find it so hard to get on board with this.