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Established Models & releases Signal 11d ago

Llms cant jump

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Why this matches Building & implementation reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Benjamin Riley
“Everything about this, from the title -- LLM's Can't Jump -- to how Einstein developed relativity to the ultimate conclusion that AI is merely "a sophisticated 'Chinese Room' operation" is delightful. And surprise, authored by someone at Google DeepMind. ww…” evidence ↗
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Benjamin Riley

“Everything about this, from the title -- LLM's Can't Jump -- to how Einstein developed relativity to the ultimate conclusion that AI is merely "a sophisticated 'Chinese Room' operation" is delightful. And surprise, authored by someone at Google DeepMind. ww…”

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Benjamin Riley: Everything about this, from the title -- LLM's Can't Jump -- to how Einstein developed relativity to the ultimate conclusion that AI is merely "a sophisticated 'Chinese Room' operation" is delightf…
Benjamin Riley: @seantrott.bsky.social I think you'll enjoy this one
Benjamin Riley: I mean when Altman and Amodei declare that that these models will “solve physics” and cure most if not all diseases, it reflects an implicit belief that creativity (as complex problem solving) is a…
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Established AI field signal Signal 14d ago

Humans understand what AI cannot

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Why this matches Building & implementation reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Benjamin Riley
“A little more on this here, if you’re curious: buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com/p/humans-und...” evidence ↗
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“A little more on this here, if you’re curious: buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com/p/humans-und...”

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Benjamin Riley: I mean yeah, LLMs. Pretty remarkable to hear Bowden describe causal relationships “built into our brain, our retina, whatever.” I’m sure that made more sense to her than it does to me.
Benjamin Riley: Maybe that’s what she meant, but regardless, this assumes what is she (or you) are trying to prove. Certainly the retinal cells themselves don’t form causal relationships, there’s a mental state in…
Benjamin Riley: A little more on this here, if you’re curious: buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com/p/humans-und...
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3 experts · 21 posts · 16d ago
Hagen Blix Benjamin Riley Anthony Moser
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“AI is the use of commensurability for the production of its opposite, incommensurability” evidence ↗
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Hagen Blix: .. something that we construct in each other. Much of it is about mutual legibility. Now, for the first time, we have machines that go off the deep end with you, that create a sense of legibility t…
Hagen Blix: Also, good liberal individualists that we are, we're gonna start by treating AI psychoses as an individual moral failure, which will be as perfect a mismatch for the situation as can be
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