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I guess my parent comment was lead a bit by the fact that nowadays AI is often conflated with superhuman intelligence. You're certainly correct in that even a "
by steve1977 3y ago
I guess my parent comment was lead a bit by the fact that nowadays AI is often conflated with superhuman intelligence. You're certainly correct in that even a "dumb" AI could still be intelligent.
The interesting question is of course if that applies to LLMs or not. Are they actually intelligent or do they just look intelligent (and do we even have the means to answer those questions)?
- tmpX7dMeXU 3y agoThis question is essentially thought-terminating in most contexts as most of not all people can’t answer it given how littler know about how humans work. Nerds will also get hung up on this because they can’t stand the notion that any aspect of their job doesn’t require their immense intelligence. For most contexts, “will this tool help me”’is a much more appropriate question. Anyone conflating the two is doing themselves a disservice.
- steve1977 3y agoI don’t know if either question is more „appropriate“. One is more scientific and philosophical, the other is practical. I mean a power drill is also helping me a lot, without being intelligent.
- famouswaffles 3y ago>The interesting question is of course if that applies to LLMs or not. Are they actually intelligent or do they just look intelligent (and do we even have the means to answer those questions)? It's not an interesting question. It's pretty meaningless. Are birds really flying or do they look like they are flying (perspective of the bee)?. Are planes really flying or do they look like they're flying ? "Mimic Intelligence" is not a real distinction.