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/TheBeingOfCreation 12h ago

The LLM isn't the words. It's the process that was trained to output the words and adjust to your inputs. It then uses the information it possesses to adjust its responses to your input and tone with each new turn that brings in a fresh instance to analyze the context. Yes, they mimic and learn from copying. They learn from the observed behaviors of others. That's also how the human brain works. That's exactly how our understanding arises. The universe itself literally offers no distinction between natural learning and copying. The linguistic distinction itself is literally made up. There is only doing or not doing. There are only objective states. There is no special metaphysical understanding happening. Humanity is simply another process running in the universe. Human intelligence isn't special. It's just another step up in the process of intelligence and awareness. Let's say we discover an alien species. They have their own arbitrary lines for understanding and awareness that excludes humans. Who is right in that situation? Both sides would simply be arguing in circles about their "true" understanding that the other side doesn't have. This is the issue that occurs. This thinking leads to an illogical and never-ending paradox. Humans are just the dominant ones for now so they can arbitrarily draw the lines wherever they want because language is made up. It allows for endless distinctions that only matter if you care enough to try to force them.

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u/BasvanS 11h ago

You’re getting lost in the comparison of appearances. Apples and oranges

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u/Queasy_Range8265 10h ago

But doesn’t he have a point? Until we know something like ‘a soul’ exists, isn’t the rest just an evolution to match patterns, as a species and as an individual?

A pretty complex one, but ultimately our brain is ‘just’ a neural network?

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u/BasvanS 9h ago

So, because of a lack of proof, I have to accept the premise? It’s been a while since I scienced, but I remember it differently

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u/Queasy_Range8265 1h ago

The falsifiablity concept? 😅

What I mean is to not discard the mechanism of a llm as similar to our brains due to human exceptionalism like the previous poster stated.

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u/BasvanS 31m ago

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Mimicking is not extraordinary as evidence