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David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)I wonder if part of the reason Iโm unimpressed with LLMs is that I can generate plausible nonsense at line rate without mechanical assistance.
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@david_chisnall but can you burn as much energy only on the nonsense generation process itself?
@kunev This depends entirely on the efficiency of the pizza oven. When measuring the sustainability of such systems (and you must consider the entire system rather than components in isolation), it itโs important to remember that pizzas are fungible.
@david_chisnall "pizzas are fungible" meaning one can always add mushrooms?
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Advanced Persistent Teapot@david_chisnall I want "plausible nonsense at line rate" on a coffee mug
Bruce Simpson, Ph.D.@david_chisnall Noam Chomsky's position on Generative AI is that of biological nativism. But politically, because of Noam Chomsky's association with Jeffrey Epstein, it is difficult to persuade people to listen to the scientific underpinning of what he has said.
Chomsky clearly identifies that the acquisition of language is something that humans may have an innate biological mechanism for which present science cannot fully explain.
Chomsky clearly identifies that the acquisition of language is something that humans may have an innate biological mechanism for which present science cannot fully explain.
@david_chisnall Chomsky also cautions that large-language models (LLMs) cannot distinguish between real and imaginary languages, and he makes reference to Aristotle's distinction between the possession of knowledge, versus the use of it, in his argument.
I am not a cognitive scientist or a linguist (I have held my PhD in IP networking for a decade now) but I tend to agree with him. https://chomsky.info/20230503-2/
I am not a cognitive scientist or a linguist (I have held my PhD in IP networking for a decade now) but I tend to agree with him. https://chomsky.info/20230503-2/
@david_chisnall But if you need to lay the smackdown on the GenAI fanbois, you canna beat Ed Zitron: https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-ai-industry-is-lying-to-you/
The AI Industry Is Lying To You
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Simon Richter@david_chisnall I can even fine tune the plausibility by hydrating more or less.