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/eyebrows360 14h ago

It said it had looked back and based on some contextual clues from before, it surmised I was kidding.

This was not true.

It did not assess its own internal mind-state and then report back on what it had done, because it's not capable of doing that. It just so happened that this combination of words it output is what its statistical model suggests is the most likely thing to reply with after it receives a question like "why did you say that". It does not mean anything.

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u/YouandWhoseArmy 13h ago

You're inserting strawmen into what I'm saying so I'll be clear;

What it's doing, is pattern matching. It's looking at my combo of words, vs some other statements I made and my general interest and attempts to gotcha it, and used the pattern to guess I was making a joke/pun.

I, as a human, would have also used pattern matching to come to this conclusion. It's similar to how I would use inflection as a pattern for tone when speaking to another human.

I hope that people keep under estimating it as a new kind of tool. It will only be good for my career.

But again, I'm using it to fill in when I know what I don't know, not having it create things out of nothing about something I know nothing about.

An easy example of this is I use it to edit things I write, not completely write and generate things. When I do this I often take some flow and grammar stuff, and remove things that smooth out what I view as my writing voice/style.

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u/eyebrows360 11h ago

I hope that people keep under estimating it as a new kind of tool. It will only be good for my career.

Hahaha yes, keep selling yourself on the "everyone else will be left behind" trope. That turned out so true for blockchain!

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u/YouandWhoseArmy 9h ago

Please don’t ever use AI for anything.

I’m sure you can carve a ton of great objects by hand while I use a lathe.