After I learned how LLMs function, the “AI” we use in reality was categorized within my mind as something entirely new and different from the fictional, cognizant, sapient artificial intelligence in my favorite novels.
It hasn’t. I don’t know what am LLM is.
It stands for Large Language Model, and that’s what ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, etc are. They are all LLMs. They are also called ‘AI’ (Artificial Intelligence) but they are not at all intelligent, they just match patterns and produce one word at a time like a very complex autocomplete in a phone keyboard.
They very often get facts wrong, but they are designed to sound confident and knowledgeable even when completely incorrect, which is a problem because humans tend to assume honesty.
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We calculated in the 70s that the algorithm on which the LLMs run will only get us so far. We’ve nearly reached that point. related article that basically covers it all: https://venturebeat.com/ai/llms-are-stuck-on-a-problem-from-the-70s-but-are-still-worth-using-heres-why
So basically no different view. Still waiting for my cyborg buddy.
AI in fiction is a boring concept to me. It’s presented either as “What is a person?” or “What if we create an evil god?”. To me anything with feelings is a person and the other is just a chrome paint job on evil god characters in non sci-fi genres, so it’s just a speculative dead end.
AI in real life is much more interesting and its proliferation makes fictional AI seem even more bland. Real life AI is first and foremost not intelligent and probably not even close, that said we have no rubric to grade it by because we don’t even really know what intelligence is yet. That said, machine learning algorithms highlight patterns in the world and in our behaviors that are fascinating just because they show just how complicated the world and people are in ways our brains just passively process. Kind of like how QWOP highlights just how difficult and complicated walking is.
I now consider it stupid and destructive to treat AI as having emotion just because they act human.
It’s given me an idea of how we get there. Clearly, modern LLMs aren’t near the level as seen in movies, but we will get there. We will move on from LLMs within a few years to a more adaptive model, as we further increase our understanding of AI and neural networks.
I see modern LLMs as task tools, they can interpret our requests to pass onto a more intelligent model type which will save processing power needed from the newer AIs.
People in this thread seem to have a lot of bias, they can’t see how the tech will evolve. You need to keep an open mind and look at where tech is being developed, with AI, it will be new architectures.
Hate is a strong word… I feel like humans and machines coexist a little too well in the movies, except when the lack of coexistence IS the plot.
I keep thinking our AI will lead us to something like the Eloi of the Time Machine, and the Morlocks will be the machines that run everything.
I think we might actually get Star Wars style droids in our lifetimes.
