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Belief is generally not insightful or useful by definition. Then again, I don't think anyone who can follow this article believed that LLMs were conscious to b
by ForTheKidz 2y ago
Belief is generally not insightful or useful by definition.
Then again, I don't think anyone who can follow this article believed that LLMs were conscious to begin with, so I'm not sure what your point is. You're preaching on behalf of a demographic that won't read this article to begin with, and presumably the people who are can see how useless, distracting, and unproductive this reductionism is.
- ethanwillis 2y agoThe person I'm replying to literally has a startup targeted at making AGI coming from the LLM hype cycle.
- adamnemecek 2y ago> coming from the LLM hype cycle Our approach is so unrelated to any of the other hyped up stuff. We have not written a single line of ML, it has been all math & physics until now.
- ForTheKidz 2y agoI believe this was precluded by the hedging of people who could follow the article. I have a difficult time imagining a person who can both understand how current LLMs work and still buy into Kurzweil. Pursue the hypothesis? Sure. But belief is a different beast entirely. It's not even clear AGI is a meaningful concept yet, and I'd bet my life savings everyone reading this comment in 2025 will die before it's answered. Skepticism is the barometer.