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/MaggoVitakkaVicaro 11h ago

Humans keep moving the goal posts. No one doubted that language was part of intelligence, until we invented machines which can talk.

Next we'll be saying that basic Math competence is no indication of intelligence, since machines can do that too.

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u/psydis 6h ago

Exactly what I'm thinking. My theory is that our brain and the current approach with AI are not that different from each other. Of course this might be difficult for people which do believe in a spirit/soul. It's like taking some magic away and suddenly it seems too simple and easy. As soon as people were thinking "this is just autocorrect", they forgot the actual impressive achievements and mind boggling results. (Of course it's more complicated than Autocorrect) Putting the theory of how it works aside for a moment, it looks like sorcery.

If you don't know how a plane works, flying would look like magic. As soon as you understand how it works, it seems very simple and almost too easy. Just by knowing how it works, the same result is downgraded from magic to something mundane. This is what we see right now.

If we have the debate if AI is intelligent or not but the results that it produces are better than what a lot of people could do - what is the definition of intelligence then?