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Very refreshing to see some philosophical discussions around LLMs! As someone interested in both philosophy and LLMs it's fascinating how many meta-physical que
by crystal_revenge 2y ago
Very refreshing to see some philosophical discussions around LLMs! As someone interested in both philosophy and LLMs it's fascinating how many meta-physical questions dip their toes into the practical without many people realizing it.
For example: the premise that, with enough data and compute resources, LLMs will simply stop hallucinating. This implies there is some latent space of "Truth", essentially the empirical realization of Platonic idealism.
What's funny is that I've often seen people argue aggressively in favor that LLMs will stop hallucinating who I'm pretty sure would also strongly reject Platonic idealism, leading to a sort of implied contradiction in their reasoning.
- idle_zealot 2y agoConsider that what people often mean by "stop hallucinating" is more like "stop making errors that a human wouldn't." I don't think most people believe that a powerful enough LLM would be capable of 100% accuracy in all tasks.