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Has there been any research in the possibility that much of what we say/speak (including this convo) is actually just stochastic parroting? e.g. instead of the
by notShabu 3y ago
Has there been any research in the possibility that much of what we say/speak (including this convo) is actually just stochastic parroting?
e.g. instead of the stochastic parrots mimicking intelligence maybe intelligence doesn't exist, it's just stochastic parrots of various levels of sophistications organized into a hierarchy. "Intelligence" is necessarily socially defined with the more complex parrots being unpredictable and "intelligent" from the POV of lower parrots. Vicer versa, looking down, the lower parrots seem to act like "NPCs"
- Sai_ 3y agoThis is an interesting question. To paraphrase as per my understanding of your comment, is intelligence an emergent property of being able to interact with each other through language? Say I speak gibberish (to you) which is actually me explaining to you the theory of relativity, would you consider me intelligent?
- anon84873628 3y agoWhat's the difference between "understanding" and "having really good probabilistic information about how words combine"? Kids learn to speak by parroting what they hear and observing the outcome. Then they run tests that reinforce the connections between words. That's what the model is. But humans also get to link words with all the other sense experience we have (like how sweet cherries, loud fire trucks, and that one crayon are all "red"). LLMs don't have as many dimensions of experience they can link to. But anyway, intelligence is about having an internal model of the world and using it to predict the future. The more rich and accurate the model, the more intelligent. The ability to communicate isn't a prerequisite; lots of animals have intelligence that isn't built with language.
- namaria 3y agoSpot on. That we have internal language models doesn't mean we only have language models as cognition. People seem to be redefining imposter syndrome as reflected by stand alone language models. Makes me think of Tropic Thunder. "Am I even real". Lol get a grip people.
- whimsicalism 3y ago> Has there been any research in the possibility that much of what we say/speak (including this convo) is actually just stochastic parroting? I don't think that is really a well defined question. What is a stochastic parrot?
- leobg 3y agoBF Skinner, “Verbal Behavior”. Critiquing that book is what put Chomsky on the map.