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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 23 points 6 months ago (39 children)

If scientists made AI, then it wouldn't be an issue for AI to say "I don't know".

But capitalists are making it, and the last thing you want is it to tell an investor "I don't know". So you tell it to make up bullshit instead, and hope the investor believes it.

It's a terrible fucking way to go about things, but this is America...

[–] VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 6 months ago (14 children)

Uh, I understand the sentiment, but the model doesn't know anything. And it's legit really hard to differentiate between factual things and random bullshit it made up.

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, no one can make it say "I don't know" because it is not really AI. Business bros decided to call it that and everyone smiled and nodded. LLMs are 1 small component (maybe) of AI. Maybe 1/80th of a true AI or AGI.

Honestly the most impressive part of LLMs is the tokenizer that breaks down the request, not the predictive text button masher that comes up with the response.

[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 10 points 6 months ago

Honestly the most impressive part of LLMs is the tokenizer that breaks down the request, not the predictive text button masher that comes up with the response.

Yes, exactly! It's ability to parse the input is incredible. It's the thing that has that "wow" factor, and it feels downright magical.

Unfortunately, that also makes people intuitively trust its output.

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