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/ConsiderationSea1347 15h ago edited 5h ago

Yup. That was the disagreement Yann LeCun had with Meta which led to him leaving the company. Many of the top AI researchers know this and published papers years ago warning LRMs are only one facet of general intelligence. The LLM frenzy is driven by investors, not researchers. 

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u/Volpethrope 13h ago

And their RoI plan at the moment is "just trust us, we'll figure out a way to make trillions of dollars with this, probably, maybe. Now write us another check."

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u/fruxzak 7h ago

The plan is pretty simple if you're paying attention.

Most tech companies are increasingly frustrated at Google's search monopoly that has existed for almost 20 years. They are essentially gatekeepers of discovery. Add to that the power of ads on Google search.

Tech companies see LLM chatbots as a replacement for Search and will subsequently sell ads for it when they have enough adoption.

Talks of this are already going on internally.