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Mastodon user develops AI metaphor: models as resonant instruments

A user on Mastodon is developing a metaphorical model for AI and LLMs, likening them to search companies that aggregate web data. They describe AI models as instruments that process user input, resonate with the data, and return output, suggesting this process maps relationships and assigns weights to correlations. AI

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Mastodon user develops AI metaphor: models as resonant instruments

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · denebeim ·

    Or at least that's my current understanding of it put into a metaphor. I don't know how right I am. At this point the only thing I can ask is # AI , and now you

    Or at least that's my current understanding of it put into a metaphor. I don't know how right I am. At this point the only thing I can ask is # AI , and now you. Does this resonate with you?

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · denebeim ·

    I'm working on a metaphor, call it a model, for # AI , # LLM , whatever. These search companies have been hoovering up the web to create their version of: Life

    I'm working on a metaphor, call it a model, for # AI , # LLM , whatever. These search companies have been hoovering up the web to create their version of: Life The Universe And Everything .... in math. And what these models do is to map out how everything is related to everything…