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fxwintoday at 8:36 AM2 repliesview on HN

i'm well aware of the origin and meaning of the term

> "System 1" is fast, instinctive and emotional

this implies more than just "fast", which is precisely why i don't like its present usage


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samusiamtoday at 11:16 AM

I think System 1 is a great term. System 1 is fast, intuitive, and automatic. It describes decision-making that happens without explicit reasoning or deliberation. System 2 is the opposite: it's the more deliberate, "executive functioning" side of cognition -- the part that reasons through a problem before arriving at an answer. That's also what state-of-the-art LLMs do before they respond. Jev doesn’t do that kind of reasoning. It just decides.

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tancoptoday at 8:44 AM

Instinctive is a good way to describe it compared to generative LLMs. Jev gives you one instant answer, fast and usually correct but without nuance or any explanation. Human instincts work the same way.

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