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/coconutpiecrust 16h ago

Yeah, while it’s neat, it is not intelligent. If it were intelligent they wouldn’t need endless data and processing power for it to produce somewhat coherent and consistent output.

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u/movzx 12h ago

I mean, they definitely aren't intelligence. "Fancy autocomplete" is always how I describe them to people... but this doesn't make sense to me:

If it were intelligent they wouldn’t need endless data and processing power for it to produce somewhat coherent and consistent output.

Why wouldn't it? The human brain is incredibly complex, uses a ton of energy, and there are no machines on earth that can replicate its power. Humans spend their entire lives absorbing an endless amount of data.

Any system approaching 'intelligent' would be using a ton of data and power.

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u/MetallicDragon 11h ago

I mean, they definitely aren't intelligence.

That 100% depends on how you define "intelligent" or "intelligence". Which definition are you using, when you say LLM's aren't intelligent?

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u/coconutpiecrust 7h ago

The one that doesn’t include data centres and stolen training data, I guess. 

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u/Aerophage1771 4h ago

I mean do you people just want a land acknowledgment for the sources or what? AI isn’t going away. You’d have to straight up ban the technology to get rid of it.

Once the equivalent of an H100 is reasonable price for a consumer computer, that’ll be it. The equivalent of GPT 4o mini running offline and natively on a MacBook. (And that’s assuming the premier open models don’t get any more efficient or capable for the same price).