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Re:The Timmy Trap by libraryofbabel on Friday August 15, 2025 @01:14PM (#44914953)
> actually living in the real world where time passes

sure, but it feels like this is just looking at what distinguishes humans from LLMs and calling that “intelligence.” I highlight this difference too when I talk about LLMs, but I don’t feel the need to follow up with “and that’s why they’re not really intelligent.”

Re:The Timmy Trap by dkdcio on Friday August 15, 2025 @02:13PM (#44915667)
well the second part (implied above, I didn’t actually write it) is “and operate intelligently in that world”. talking about “intelligence” in some abstract form where “does this text output constitute intelligence” is hyper silly to me. the discussion should anchor on real-world consequences, not the endless hypotheticals we end up with in these discussions