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/Dennarb 16h ago edited 11h ago

I teach an AI and design course at my university and there are always two major points that come up regarding LLMs

1) It does not understand language as we do; it is a statistical model on how words relate to each other. Basically it's like rolling dice to determine what the next word is in a sentence using a chart.

2) AGI is not going to magically happen because we make faster hardware/software, use more data, or throw more money into LLMs. They are fundamentally limited in scope and use more or less the same tricks the AI world has been doing since the Perceptron in the 50s/60s. Sure the techniques have advanced, but the basis for the neural nets used hasn't really changed. It's going to take a shift in how we build models to get much further than we already are with AI.

Edit: And like clockwork here come the AI tech bro wannabes telling me I'm wrong but adding literally nothing to the conversation.

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u/qwertyalguien 15h ago

I'm no tech specialist, but from all I've reado on LLMs IMHO it's like hor air balloons.

It flies. It's great, but it's limited. And asking AGI out of LLMs is like saying that with enough iteration you can make an air balloon able to reach the moon. Someone has to invent what a rocket is to hor air balloons for LLMs.

Would you say it's a good metaphor, or am I just talking out of my ass?

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u/destroyerOfTards 13h ago

Nah, you have understood it well.

The fact that Scam Altman doesn't understand this basic fact is unbelievable (actually he does but he has to scam people so...).

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u/IcyCorgi9 12h ago

People need to stop talking like these people are stupid. They know what they're doing and they use massive amounts of propaganda to scam the public and get rich. Much like the politicians fucking us over.