William PietriTime to start a series of posts on how LLMs don't actually know anything! https://thetrek.co/they-trusted-chatgpt-to-plan-their-hike-and-ended-up-calling-for-rescue/ 1/
LLMs don't actually know anything. https://futurism.com/therapy-chatbot-addict-meth 2/
LLMs don't actually know anything. https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/17/news/alltrails-ai-tool-search-rescue-members
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LLMs don't actually know anything! https://gizmodo.com/rfk-jr-says-ai-will-approve-new-drugs-at-fda-very-very-quickly-2000622778
LLMs don't actually know anything. (And they'll make that your problem!) https://www.holovaty.com/writing/chatgpt-fake-feature/
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LLMs don't actually know anything. 8/
https://x.com/jasonlk/status/1946069562723897802 (via @nixCraft )
https://x.com/jasonlk/status/1946069562723897802 (via @nixCraft )
JFC, LLMs don't actually know anything! 9/ https://gizmodo.com/billionaires-convince-themselves-ai-is-close-to-making-new-scientific-discoveries-2000629060
A sketchy doctor put two people in the hospital in critical condition. But he's convinced it's not his fault, because "an artificial intelligence app" told him it wasn't. He has yet to realize: LLMs don't actually know anything. 10/
https://www.propublica.org/article/peptide-injections-raadfest-rfk-jr
LLMs don't actually know anything. 11/
https://writing.exchange/@Harlander/115063980995867850
https://writing.exchange/@Harlander/115063980995867850
LLMs don't actually know anything. 12/ https://www.404media.co/google-ai-falsely-says-youtuber-visited-israel-forcing-him-to-deal-with-backlash/
LLMs don't actually know anything. 13/
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20250926-the-perils-of-letting-ai-plan-your-next-trip
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20250926-the-perils-of-letting-ai-plan-your-next-trip
LLMs especially don't know anything about the law. 14/
https://www.404media.co/18-lawyers-caught-using-ai-explain-why-they-did-it/
And maybe 15 examples in isn't the best time to explain my point in this thread. But LLMs are statistical agglomerations of words. Words are all they have. They do not have experience or knowledge that for us is deeply integrated with our words. It's like a well-read virgin who has never been in a relationship or even had friends confidently setting up shop as a sex advice columnist. It's all words and only words, with no actual meaning to back it. But because LLMs simulate conversation, people, reasonably, keep mistaking statistically extruded text for something meaningful. 16/
LLMs don't actually know anything. 17/ https://www.404media.co/reddit-answers-ai-suggests-users-try-heroin/
