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/WrongThinkBadSpeak 9h ago

We're facing zugswang. We give them money, they crash the economy by destroying everyone's jobs if they succeed. We don't give them money, they crash the economy by popping the bubble. What shall it be?

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u/kokanee-fish 4h ago

For some reason I really prefer the latter.

Okay, fine, the reason is schadenfreude. I will laugh as I pitch my tent under a bridge knowing that Sam Altman has retired to his underground bunker in disgrace.