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From my naive standpoint, LLMs like this seem to have some big strengths. One: possession of a superhuman expanse of knowledge. Two: making connections. Three:
by beej71 8mo ago
From my naive standpoint, LLMs like this seem to have some big strengths. One: possession of a superhuman expanse of knowledge. Two: making connections. Three: tireless trial and error.
If you put those three things together, you end up with some cool stuff from time to time. Perhaps the proof of P!=NP is tied to an obscure connection that humans don't easily see due to individual lack of knowledge or predisposition of bias.
- xvector 8mo agoThis is why the whole "LLMs for mass surveillance" thing is scary imo.
- beej71 8mo agoYeah, this is a dictator's dream scenario and hell for the citizens. Not only do you not want to get caught for saying something that The Great Leader disapproves of, but you're terrified that anything you say might get flagged by an AI.
- cbovis 8mo agoUnless my understanding is incorrect about how these tools work that last point isn't really a quality of LLMs as such? It gets attributed because the lines are blurred but the tireless trial and error is actually just a quality of a regular programatic loop (agent/orchestrator) that happens to be doing the trickiest part of its work via an LLM.
- naughtyrabisu 8mo agoThree: tireless trial and error. Cannot agree more. I figured this probably be the biggest advantage of LLM considering for other variables humans hold the same-level competency.
- IAmGraydon 8mo ago>One: possession of a superhuman expanse of knowledge. Two: making connections. Three: tireless trial and error. One and three I believe are correct. The second point, making connections, is something LLMs seem to be incapable of truly doing unless the connection is already known and in its training data.
- beej71 8mo agoI agree partially, but I think there might be a ton of connections in the training data that aren't obvious to humans. And being a word prediction engine is all about making those connections.
- Barbing 8mo agoWell put. >If you put [possession of a superhuman expanse of knowledge, making connections, tireless trial and error] together, you end up with some cool stuff from time to time. Hard to argue.