I used to think so. But then I reconsidered. Those poo-pooing LLMs say it is merely ‘a fancier version of autocompletion.’ Or, they make comments (correctly)

I used to think so. But then I reconsidered. Those poo-pooing LLMs say it is merely ‘a fancier version of autocompletion.’ Or, they make comments (correctly) that ‘it isn’t reasoning… it’s just guessing which word ought come next.’ Such a point-of-view is similar to thinking, in regard to a circle saw, “it doesn’t ‘want’ to cut off your hand! It’s just a circle of spinning serrated steel!” The human race is about to get its hand cut off. We are in a bad place. So much time spent being wasted debating how to make LLMs ‘safe’ by ensuring they don’t inadvertently say something racist! People are utterly missing the point as to the true danger.