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AI models are not intelligent but predictive filters, argue Mastodon posts

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Two Mastodon posts argue that large language models do not possess intelligence but rather function as predictive filters. The authors contend that the "languages" LLMs appear to invent are merely amplified noise or feedback squeal, not genuine communication. They assert that humans also do not think in words, drawing an analogy to baseball player Sadaharu Oh, who achieved success by entering a 'mindless' state rather than thinking verbally. AI

IMPACT These posts challenge the notion of AI intelligence, suggesting models are sophisticated predictive filters rather than conscious entities.

RANK_REASON The cluster consists of opinion pieces from a social media platform discussing the nature of AI models.

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AI models are not intelligent but predictive filters, argue Mastodon posts

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    How do I know they are very stupid? Because imagine hitting a baseball if you had to think in words. Imagine Sadaharu Oh hitting all those home runs, if he had

    How do I know they are very stupid? Because imagine hitting a baseball if you had to think in words. Imagine Sadaharu Oh hitting all those home runs, if he had to think in words. In fact he did it by deliberately going into a ‘Zen’ state of ‘mindlessness’. He practiced this with …

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    This was just a bunch of filters amplifying each other’s noise! The didn’t ‘invent their own languages’. That was the LLM token version of feedback squeal. You

    This was just a bunch of filters amplifying each other’s noise! The didn’t ‘invent their own languages’. That was the LLM token version of feedback squeal. You must not think of things as ‘intelligences’. They are predictive filters. Human intelligence does not work that way. The…

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