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Re:Natural language instructions induce generalization in ne... by lo_zamoyski on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @05:38PM (#39760527)
Why assume this is sensible? Aerodynamics can help discover general principles that apply to both birds and planes or whatever else. I don't see how this holds for LLMs and brains. The similarity between LLMs and brains is superficial.

Besides, with human beings, we have a host of philosophical problems that undermine the neuroscientific presumption that a mechanistic and closed view of the brain can account for mental activity entirely, like the problem of intentionality.

Re:Natural language instructions induce generalization in ne... by og_kalu on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @05:48PM (#39760633)
>I don't see how this holds for LLMs and brains. The similarity between LLMs and brains is superficial.

It's really not any more superficial than planes and bird flight.