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Re:Large language models reduce public knowledge sharing on ... by epgui on Sunday October 13, 2024 @12:11PM (#41829176)
In a very real sense, that’s also how human brains work.
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Re:Large language models reduce public knowledge sharing on ... by elicksaur on Sunday October 13, 2024 @12:22PM (#41829256)
This argument always conflates simple processes with complex ones. Humans can work with abstract concepts at a level LLMs currently can’t and don’t seem likely capable of. “True” and “False” are the best examples.
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Re:Large language models reduce public knowledge sharing on ... by epgui on Sunday October 13, 2024 @12:32PM (#41829347)
It doesn’t conflate anything though. It points to exactly that as a main difference (along with comparative functional neuroanatomy).

It’s helpful to realize the ways in which we do work the same way as AI, because it gives us perspective unto ourselves.

(I don’t follow regarding your true and false statement, and I don’t share your apparent pessimism about the fundamental limits of AI.)

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