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I don't think we can say that, either. After all, the brain is able to perform both processing and storage with its neurons. The quotes about LLMs are talking o
by dsalfdslfdsa 2y ago
I don't think we can say that, either. After all, the brain is able to perform both processing and storage with its neurons. The quotes about LLMs are talking only about connections between data items stored elsewhere.
- throw310822 2y agoStored where?
- dsalfdslfdsa 2y agoYou tell me. Not in the trillion links of a LLM, that's for sure.
- throw310822 2y agoI'm not aware that (base) LLMs use any form of database to generate their answers- so yes, all their knowledge is stored in their hundreds of billions of synapses.
- dsalfdslfdsa 2y agoFair enough. OTOH, generating human-like text responses is a relatively small part of the human brain's skillset.
- wrycoder 2y agoHm. I've always commented on my (temporarily) non-retrievable memories as, "The data is still in there, it's the retrieval mechanism that degrades if not used." And, sure enough, in most cases the memory returns in a day or so, even if you don't think hard about it. (There are cases where the memory doesn't come back, as if it was actively erased or was never in long term memory in the first place. Also, as I pass eighty, I find it increasingly difficult to memorize things, and I forget recent events more readily. But I remember decades old events about as well as I ever did.) So, my first response to your comment about the memory not being in the synapses was to agree with you. But I also agree with your respondent, so, hm.
- danparsonson 2y agoI don't know - it's about the best I can manage some days...
- choilive 2y agoThe "knowledge" of an LLM is indeed stored in the connections between neurons. This is analogous to real neurons as well. Your neurons and the connections between them is the memory.