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 threaderuweroOct 2
@maxleibman @n_dimension with the difference that the things in a dictionary are usually correct and not some random made up bullshit for some of the words
Show threadveeteeOct 2
@eruwero @maxleibman @n_dimension also, you can use a dictionary to find out if a word exists. I've never had an LLM tell me something doesn't exist - it just makes up something plausible sounding
Show threadsaxnot1d ago

@vt52 @eruwero @maxleibman @n_dimension

> it just makes up something plausible sounding

exactly this.
It would be much better technology if it would say "I don't know" or "I'm unsure about" when appropiate.

I deeply respect when someone says they don't know. It feels like everything else they said is thay much more trustworthy because that stuff passed the "do I really know it" filter.
Especially impressive when its a person who usually has answers to everything.

Show threadsaxnot

@vt52 @eruwero @maxleibman @n_dimension what I describe sound so much different from an LLM.
The guy I am thinking of just knows a lot and tells me where to read it and whips up small demos on his laptop to show what he means. He also has a home lab for trying out network configurations

Hearing "I don't know" from him really makes one trust that everything else he says has a proper foundation.

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