alt Hacker NewsThey don't lie, because they don't ever have an understanding of truth vs any other language that sounds good.
They don't cheat, because they can for example tell you the complete rules of chess, but don't know how to play chess without breaking those rules. They can recite rules, but they don't know what they are.
They don't steal, because they don't understand ownership.
In other words, they aren't intelligent. They're just algorithms. The flaw is in thinking that they think.
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Honest question; why are you all using the word "understand"? Can you expand on what you believe this fundamental understanding to be? Training? Infrence?
This is sophistry. Of course it's just an algorithm. But it's placed in the context of serving humans, which have their own rules and expectations. What's more, they're often run by a company which is also made by humans and may carry over implicit interests.
I don't really think the distinction here is relevant. If the end result is the equivalent of lying, cheating or stealing - then the problem still exists and it needs to be solved.
what are you talking about they lie that it wrote tests and tests are passing, for example
Models understand the relationships between words and outcomes, so the end result is the same. Whether they appreciate lie, cheat, and steal the same way as us is a philosophical question, not a practical one.