TattieNov 1

I studied Artificial Intelligence for four years, and I am not touching LLM AIs with a ten-foot pole.

It's not really about the insane electricity demands, the water usage, tho that's a good reason. It's not even, if I'm honest, about the disastrous effect on the sum of all human art and knowledge.

It's because a) I've studied enough AI to know it's a trick, a sort of linguistic illusion, and b) I've studied enough everything else to understand that I'm not immune to such illusions.

Show threadTim HergertNov 1

@Tattie I often use this when trying to explain LLMs to people

#AI #LLM #OhNoWereGonnaNeedAnotherTimmy

Show threadChookMother 🇦🇺🦘
@cjust @Tattie So true. Children start anthropomorphising at a really early age. We must be wired that way.
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Show threadTim HergertNov 6

@anne_twain @Tattie Absolutely agreed - and also why I think we engage in pareidolia (like seeing a "face" on the surface of Mars) - we naturally extend this sort of behavior to the virtual realm - tend to see (or want to see) intelligence where there is only the presentation of the "next most likely correct token."

Of course - since I am a science fiction and fantasy fan - I also love discussion of the "Uncanny Valley"

I'm certain that there's probably ample room for pulling concepts from this discussion into allegories for LLM pitfalls and shortcomings.