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Re:Stop Pretending LLMs Have Feelings Media's Dangerous AI A... by jerf on Tuesday July 22, 2025 @03:27PM (#44651912)
Yeah. "It's just fancy autocomplete" is excessively reductionist to be a full model, but there's enough truth in it that it should be part of your model.
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Re:Stop Pretending LLMs Have Feelings Media's Dangerous AI A... by labrador on Tuesday July 22, 2025 @03:56PM (#44652255)
There is code layered on top of the LLM so "stochastic parrot" is not entirely accurate. I'm not sure what problems people have with Gary Marcus, but a recent article by him was interesting. Old style AI is being used to enhance LLMs is my amateur take-a-way.

"How o3 and Grok 4 Accidentally Vindicated Neurosymbolic AI Neurosymbolic AI is quietly winning. Here’s what that means – and why it took so long."

https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/how-o3-and-grok-4-accident...

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