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Generative AIs are great at generating new, unique groups of words and images, etc. that are pleasing to humans (this is what they are trained to do after all).
by aprilthird2021 2y ago
Generative AIs are great at generating new, unique groups of words and images, etc. that are pleasing to humans (this is what they are trained to do after all).
They're not oracles or databases or encyclopedias. But they're marketed to us as the latter, so people naturally get upset when they have flaws all those other sources of info don't.
- Rodeoclash 2y agoAgreed. I would extend this and say that we are so enamored by the "humanness" that they exhibit that we're collectively losing our minds over them. I think this stems from the part of our brain that lights up when an animal (or in this case a machine) exhibits humanlike behaviour. Crows counting out loud, parrots that understand the concept of 0 and chimpanzees that are using stone age tools all give us the same reaction. LLMs have dialled this response up to 11.
- wildrhythms 2y agoMy guess is some higherup got the idea into their head that these LLMs are some kind of knowledge engine without understanding the tech, and no qualified person dared to correct them.
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