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> we know everything about how LLMs work No we don't. That we understand the low level mechanics of a system doesn't mean we understand how any high level phen
by naasking 2mo ago
> we know everything about how LLMs work
No we don't. That we understand the low level mechanics of a system doesn't mean we understand how any high level phenomena emerge from those low level mechanics.
This is as true for quantum mechanics as it is for LLMs.
- runarberg 2mo agoBut we do, and by your logic we can pick any applied statistics, say a Bayesian inference model, and claim we don‘t understand its emergent properties. Heck, we can take any sort of applied mathematics or science, say linguistics, and claim we don‘t understand the emergent properties of language (legal analysis) even though we understand its syntax and phonology.
- naasking 2mo agoYes. That's why law is a different discipline from linguistics requiring its own rules of analysis, pedagogy, etc.