Max LeibmanOct 1
You don’t need to understand the math behind large language models in order to get that they are not minds.
Show threadMax LeibmanOct 1

The next time you meet someone who believes ChatGPT knows anything, experiences perception, has motivations, or forms opinions, show them this video.

Link to the original:

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTM6ytyLR/

TikTok - Make Your Day

Show threadWulfy—Speaker to the machinesOct 1

@maxleibman

AI ate whole of the internet.
Of course it "knows things"

Just like with web search, especially in its early days, you have to know how to get at that information.

Show threadMax LeibmanOct 2
@n_dimension Exactly right that you put “knows things” in quotes, though. It knows things the same way a dictionary knows things. I didn’t say there’s no information in there, but that isn’t the same as knowing.
Show threadWulfy—Speaker to the machinesOct 2

@maxleibman

Not trying to start an angry yell match.

Max Tegmark had some real insightful research how LLMs "understand" things by forming platonic "engrams" that can be visually interrogated.

Thats how you know LLM "understands" an item vs raw multidimensional vector data structure.

Show threadxaleOct 11
@n_dimension @maxleibman my dude, you quote *yourself* in your bio, no one's going to take you seriously.
Show threadWulfy—Speaker to the machines

@xale @maxleibman

"Being taken seriously"
Was never one of my goals.
Checkmate 😁

Oct 11 at 8:08pmWeb