You and I may know they’re not “intelligent”, but based on my discussions with folks who don’t breathe tech everyday, they truly do believe these are intelligent systems. Words matter in those cases.
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I don't breathe tech every day, or any day, and I confess that while I appreciate your response, I don't genuinely know what it means. I think many of us feel caught between groups asking us to take their word, & do so according to previous inclinations. A lefty, I take your word. Others don't.
sep 1, 2025, 2:58 pm • 2 0 • view
I guess to make it a bit simpler. Think of the Computer from Star Trek. That would be artificial intelligence. It knows facts. It’s know’s the difference between true and false. It can intelligently learn. OTOH, LLMs are the autocomplete on your phone. But much more advanced. 🧵
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It knows that the next words or phrase might be this or that. But it doesn’t know if this or that is the correct, factual value. It’s a mathematical guess. And it’s realllllllly good at guessing when it has a vast majority of humanity’s data in its brain. But it still doesn’t *know* the sky is blue
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A little bit shorter - pretend we’re playing a ________ where I leave a word or phrase out. Your job is to guess what that word or phrase is. Did you guess game? Congrats, you’re a human LLM 😉
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Unfortunately, I haven't really seen Star Trek, so I don't know its computer. I do know a friend asked some chatbot to write an essay as me about something they were wondering about. And it was... very, very good. Some sentences I wish I'd written.
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In other words, you're speaking to how it comes to the result, perhaps under assumption that everyday people care about intention. I don't think they do that much. They don't care if their clothes are ethically made or by slave labor; only if they like the way they look.
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That 99 percent of US k-12 teachers have either been give no LLM guidance or have been targeted & marketed to use this crap makes me 😡. 23 years of unregulated use of the web in schools continues to have downsides, hence recent phone bans. Slop is way, way worse for both children and teachers.
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