OC below by @HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org
What called my attention is that assessments of AI are becoming polarized and somewhat a matter of belief.
Some people firmly believe LLMs are helpful. But programming is a logical task and LLMs can’t think - only generate statistically plausible patterns.
The author of the article explains that this creates the same psychological hazards like astrology or tarot cards, psychological traps that have been exploited by psychics for centuries - and even very intelligent people can fall prey to these.
Finally what should cause alarm is that on top that LLMs can’t think, but people behave as if they do, there is no objective scientifically sound examination whether AI models can create any working software faster. Given that there are multi-billion dollar investments, and there was more than enough time to carry through controlled experiments, this should raise loud alarm bells.
It has very short term memory in the form of it’s token context. Especially with something like Meta’s Coconut.
I don’t really. Yet. But I also don’t think that it is fundamentally impossible for LLMs to think, like you seem to. I also don’t think the definition of the word “think” is so narrow that it requires that level of self-awareness. Do you think a mouse is really aware it is a mouse? What about a spider?