Re:Oops! We Automated Bullshit
by macNchz on Friday November 17, 2023 @08:39AM
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Regardless of how they work, LLMs are already quite enmeshed in the world of humans–“participating” to a degree in our interactions and discourse, used every day by millions of people who do not and will not have a mathematical mental model for how they work–so exploring how they operate from this lens is a useful exercise, in my opinion.
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Well, I don't begrudge people doing it -- I'm doubtful its useful. More-so dangerous, maladaptive, pathological, etc. People will eventually acquire a more accurate mental model, like using search engines in the early days.
What riles me is the grubbiness of the commercial pushers, and the foolishness of the press which repeat their marketing material as-if its science.
People should not rely on computers in the way they rely on people -- and any inducement to doing so is unethical.