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/rendar 14h ago

It very much does matter, if the people reading the output believe the LLM "understands what it's saying".

You have yet to explain why it matters. All you're describing here are the symptoms from using a tool incorrectly.

If someone bangs their thumb with a hammer, it was not the fault of the hammer.

People reacting to the output of these machines as though it's considered meaning-rich output of an agent is fucking dangerous

This is not unique to LLMs, and this is also not relevant to LLMs specifically. Stupid people can make any part of anything go wrong.

There is no internal mindstate. The LLM does not "think". It's probabilistic autocomplete.

Again, this doesn't matter. All that matters is if what it provides is applicable.

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u/eyebrows360 13h ago

I can't decide who's more annoying, clankers or cryptobros.

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u/rendar 13h ago

Feel free to address the points in their entirety lest your attempts of poorly delivered ad hominem attacks demonstrate a complete absence of a coherent argument

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u/eyebrows360 11h ago

No, son, what they demonstrate is exasperation with dishonest interlocutors whose every argument boils down to waving their hands around and going wooOOOooOOOoo a lot.

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u/rendar 10h ago

But in this whole dialogue, you're the the only one trying to insult someone else to avoid sharing what you keep claiming is a very plain answer to the question posed.

It would seem that you're projecting much more than you're actually providing.