JA Westenberg4d ago

Marc Andreessen was right about web browsers.

But he has since been wrong about a great many things.

And he is entirely wrong about introspection.

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/marc-andreessen-is-wrong-about-introspection/

Marc Andreessen is wrong about introspection

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Show threadfeliz4d ago

@Daojoan

Andreessen's view of humans is the same one which is prevalent among AI enthusiasts: for them, humans are a black box, just like an LLM. Inside, mechanical mysteries operate that we cannot see or understand. With this behaviouristic perspective, the illusion of genuine intelligence in an LLM can be maintained.

Show threadPatrick H. Lauke
@feliz @Daojoan was just thinking along the same lines ... by shit-talking/negging what it actually means to be human, he can then pivot to "so in that sense, AI is like us already, even better..."
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