Re:Show HN: Help, I let ChatGPT control my computer
by LegionMammal978 on Monday December 05, 2022 @11:31PM
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> This is how humans work.
How is human thought remotely comparable to these transformer models? As humans, we see a prompt, break it down into its component ideas, compare it to our prior thoughts, memories, and feelings, and build connections that that we ultimately use to generate an appropriate response. We definitely don't just try to carefully imitate what other humans we've heard from would have most likely said in response.
> ChatGPT is already better at thinking (and reasoning) than some humans, albeit in a different manner.
We can do plenty of thinking and reasoning in ways that ChatGPT can't. It's just that reasoning isn't necessary to hold a compelling conversation, since speech is relatively trivial to synthesize from prior knowledge alone. And people can generally get by in life without having to think or reason much every minute of the day, perhaps leading to the false perception that it is wholly unnecessary.
How is human thought remotely comparable to these transformer models? As humans, we see a prompt, break it down into its component ideas, compare it to our prior thoughts, memories, and feelings, and build connections that that we ultimately use to generate an appropriate response. We definitely don't just try to carefully imitate what other humans we've heard from would have most likely said in response.
> ChatGPT is already better at thinking (and reasoning) than some humans, albeit in a different manner.
We can do plenty of thinking and reasoning in ways that ChatGPT can't. It's just that reasoning isn't necessary to hold a compelling conversation, since speech is relatively trivial to synthesize from prior knowledge alone. And people can generally get by in life without having to think or reason much every minute of the day, perhaps leading to the false perception that it is wholly unnecessary.