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saghmyesterday at 10:50 PM2 repliesview on HN

I don't find the fact that I don't call any humans "action predictors" to be a particularly meaningful insight because my rationale is that it's a weird thing to call a human; football coaches can do plenty of other things besides just coaching football.


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jameshartyesterday at 11:11 PM

Yep, we’re all just putting one foot in front of the other, hoping we’re doing the right thing to bring about the outcomes we want, trying our best.

But that’s the point: so is an LLM. Putting one token in front of another, hoping it’s doing the right thing to bring about the rewards it’s trained to… trying its best.

So yeah, not ‘next token predictors’. ‘Next token tryers’ maybe.

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danielmarkbruceyesterday at 11:43 PM

Predict implies you don't control a situation. That's the difference.