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LLMs require the sum total of human knowledge to ape what you can find on google, meanwhile Ramanujan achieved brilliant discoveries in mathematics using nothin
by Salgat 1y ago
LLMs require the sum total of human knowledge to ape what you can find on google, meanwhile Ramanujan achieved brilliant discoveries in mathematics using nothing but a grade school education and a few math books.
- rowanG077 1y agoYou phrase it as a diss but "Yeah LLM suck, they aren't even as smart as Ramanujan" sounds like a high praise to me.
- Salgat 1y agoUnfortunately LLMs fail even basic logic tests given to children so definitely not high praise. I'm just highlighting the absurd amount of data they need versus humans to highlight that they're just spitting out regressions on the training data. We're talking data that would take a human countless thousands of lifetimes to ingest. Yet a human can accomplish infinitely more with a basic grade school education.
- jbstack 1y agoHumans can achieve more within one (or two, or a few) narrowly scoped field(s), after a lot of hard work and effort. LLMs can display a basic level of competency (with some mistakes) in almost any topic known to mankind. No one reasonably expects a LLM to be able to do the former, and humans certainly cannot do the latter. You're comparing apples and oranges. Also, your comparison is unfair. You've chosen an exceptional high achiever as your example of a human to compare against LLMs. If you instead compare the average human, LLMs don't look so bad even when the human has the advantage of specialisation (e.g. medical diagnostics). A LLM can do reasonably well against an average (not exceptional) person with just a basic grade school education if asked to produce an essay on some topic.
- mhuffman 1y ago>Humans can achieve more within one (or two, or a few) narrowly scoped field(s), after a lot of hard work and effort. >No one reasonably expects a LLM to be able to do the former I can feel Sam Altman's rage building ...
- weatherlite 1y agoYeah, I think many investors do expect that ...
- Salgat 1y agoWith Google I can demonstrate a wide breadth of knowledge too. LLM's aren't unique in that aspect.