• EatATaco@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    Why is that a criticism? This is how it works for humans too: we study, we learn the stuff, and then try to recall it during tests. We’ve been trained on the data too, for neither a human nor an ai would be able to do well on the test without learning it first.

    This is part of what makes ai so “scary” that it can basically know so much.

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      6 months ago

      Because a machine that “forgets” stuff it reads seems rather useless… considering it was a multiple choice style exam and, as a machine, Chat GPT had the book entirely memorized, it should have scored perfect almost all the time.

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        6 months ago

        Chat GPT had the book entirely memorized

        I feel like this exposes a fundamental misunderstanding of how LLMs are trained.

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      6 months ago

      Dont anthropomorphise. There is quite the difference between a human and an advanced lookuptable.

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        6 months ago

        Well… I do agree with you but human brains are basically big prediction engines that use lookup tables, experience, to navigate around life. Obviously a super simplification, and LLMs are nowhere near humans, but it is quite a step in the direction.