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Ted Chiang argues LLMs are 'Extruded Intelligence,' not AI

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Ted Chiang's recent article posits that Large Language Models (LLMs) should not be classified as true Artificial Intelligence (AI). Chiang argues that LLMs lack genuine intelligence and are not truly "artificial" because their training data is derived from human intelligence. He proposes the term "Extruded Intelligence" (EI) to describe LLMs, highlighting that they are essentially processed human knowledge rather than independently created artificial minds. AI

IMPACT Challenges the definition of AI and LLMs, prompting a re-evaluation of current terminology and understanding.

RANK_REASON The cluster contains an opinion piece by a known author discussing the nature of LLMs.

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Ted Chiang argues LLMs are 'Extruded Intelligence,' not AI

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Reading the Ted Chiang article everyone is talking about and thinking # LLMs aren't really # AI , as they aren't actually 'Intelligent' in some meanings of that

    Reading the Ted Chiang article everyone is talking about and thinking # LLMs aren't really # AI , as they aren't actually 'Intelligent' in some meanings of that word. But also in the sense they aren't actually 'Artificial'. I mean, an artificial flavor is something made in a chem…

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