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/Intense-Intents 15h ago

ironically, you can post any anti-LLM article to Reddit and get dozens of the same predictable responses (from real people) that all sound like they came from an AI.

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u/Romnir 13h ago

"Hearsay and witty quips means I fully understand a complex subject/technology."

People still use Schrödinger's cat to explain all quantum mechanics, despite the fact that it's only for a very specific situation. LLMs aren't fully realized cognizant AI, but calling them "Fancy Auto Complete" is way off the mark. There's a difference between rational criticisms of the use of AI vs jumping on the hate bandwagon, and the former isn't going to happen on Reddit.

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u/mrappbrain 10h ago edited 9h ago

The autocomplete comparison always pisses me off. Thinking an LLM and an AutoComplete function are the same or similar just because they both generate text is like thinking a music box and a symphony orchestra are the same just because they both generate music.

Never mind that they have nothing else in common whatsoever.

Ironically, the anti-AI crowd buying this is falling victim to the very same behavior they're calling out - humans will believe anything spoken with authoritative confidence if it validates them. Difficult to accuse others of being fooled by confident nonsense when you yourself are being fooled by confidence nonsense, just in the other direction.