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Wondering if Modern LLMs like GPT4, Claude Sonnet and llama 3 are closer to human intelligence or next word predictor. Also not sure if this graph is right way to visualize it.

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[–] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone -4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I know lots of humans who can't do maths. At least I think they're human. Maybe there LLMs, by your definition.

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think you're missing the point. No LLM can do math, most humans can. No LLM can learn new information, all humans can and do (maybe to varying degrees, but still).

AMD just to clarify by not able to do math. I mean that there is a lack of understanding in how numbers work where combining numbers or values outside of the training data can easily trip them up. Since it's prediction based, exponents/tri functions/etc. will quickly produce errors when using large values.

[–] Zexks@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Yes. Some LLMs can do math. It’s a documented thing. Just because you’re unaware of it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.