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A Microsoft researcher built a goat-powered LLM in Age of Empires II to prove it's not sentient (adewynter.github.io)
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[–] Strider@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

My mind is still blown that llm is by definition intelligent because it certainly does not meet my definition of intelligence, but rather seems intelligent. 🤷

And I agree. AGI will not evolve from this, but still actions are taken as if it were so, bringing us in a very bad position.

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

If an LLM is intelligent, then an encyclopaedia is intelligent.

[–] Strider@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

intelligence /ĭn-tĕl′ə-jəns/ noun

The ability to acquire, understand, and use knowledge.
"a person of extraordinary intelligence."
Information, especially secret information gathered about an actual or potential enemy or adversary. The gathering of such information.
[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

/s

My point being that an LLM will never be more "intelligent" than the lump of text that it is.

It's not intelligent, like an encyclopaedia is not intelligent.

[–] Strider@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Oh I do agree with you, but it sadly is, by definition, artificial intelligence.

[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

But LLMs are incapable of acquiring or understanding information.