alt Hacker NewsYou’re arguing against a straw man. No one is claiming LLMs have beliefs, intentions, or understanding. They don’t need them to be economically useful.
You’re arguing against a straw man. No one is claiming LLMs have beliefs, intentions, or understanding. They don’t need them to be economically useful.
Oh yes, they are.
And beyond people claiming that LLMs are basically sentient you have people like CamperBob2 who made this wild claim:
"""There's no such thing as people without language, except for infants and those who are so mentally incapacitated that the answer is self-evidently "No, they cannot."
Language is the substrate of reason. It doesn't need to be spoken or written, but it's a necessary and (as it turns out) sufficient component of thought."""
Let that sink. They literally think that there's no such thing as people without language. Talk about a wild and ignorant take on life in general!