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You’re arguing against a straw man. No one is claiming LLMs have beliefs, intentions, or understanding. They don’t need them to be economically useful.
by closewith 9mo ago
You’re arguing against a straw man. No one is claiming LLMs have beliefs, intentions, or understanding. They don’t need them to be economically useful.
- windexh8er 9mo agoOh yes, they are. And beyond people claiming that LLMs are basically sentient you have people like CamperBob2 who made this wild claim: """There's no such thing as people without language, except for infants and those who are so mentally incapacitated that the answer is self-evidently "No, they cannot." Language is the substrate of reason. It doesn't need to be spoken or written, but it's a necessary and (as it turns out) sufficient component of thought.""" Let that sink. They literally think that there's no such thing as people without language. Talk about a wild and ignorant take on life in general!
- CamperBob2 9mo agoHow'd they communicate with the test subjects? That's "language."