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Yes! I have a personal theory: LLMs are *fundamentally* handicapped at perceiving what's going on in the mind of the human (this can't be "innovated away") and
by PaulStatezny 2mo ago
Yes!
I have a personal theory: LLMs are *fundamentally* handicapped at perceiving what's going on in the mind of the human (this can't be "innovated away") and that's at the root of what makes them suck at conversation.
Next time you're chatting with someone, notice how much understanding is shared without anything being said. E.g. the other person might share something deeply disappointing, and they can tell without you even saying anything whether you get what they're going through. This unspoken-yet-communicated information guides the conversation. Or as another example: humans can read the room -- you walk into a room and immediately adjust your demeanor based on what you see and sense.
LLMs are totally blind to things like this, and this adds an inescapable awkwardness to interacting with them. I don't believe they'll ever grow out of this. Which thankfully implies more long term demand for humans instead of robots. :)
- knollimar 2mo agoEven over phone calls you get a sense so unless it's in timing it isnt demeanor either
- cromka 2mo agoVery well observed. I found one more thing: they fail to consider what a 3rd person might understand from your conversation, so when you ask it to dump stuff into a Documentation, they keep making references to facts you had previously discussed or to the train of thought, completely irrelevant to bystander.
- PaulStatezny 2mo ago100% -- this is the worst. Referencing all sorts of "words with made up contextual/analogous meanings" based on the conversation...outside of the conversation. Does anyone have a read on if this is primarily a Claude issue, or if all LLMs do this?
- cromka 2mo agoI think it's fundamentally and issue with LLMs, for this to not happen they'd have to constantly think "what does other person think right now/what's their state of knowledge" AND also apply that to am additional, third person which would be reading the Docs. They can't even do the first bit well. I think it's a limitation we'll have to live with.
- cheesecompiler 2mo agoTech guy discovers conversations with humans.
- wannabe44 2mo agoNo, they're just trained to impress the C-suite motherfuggers with dense vocab.
- rustyboy 2mo agoThis is basic empathy. It's one of the key differences between a bad and good teacher. People who can see where you're coming from and grasp how your mind is working and correct that train of thought. Meanwhile the bad teacher will simply answer your question. You keep on parroting rather than understanding.