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by maxdoop 1216 days ago
I see this comment often, but cannot understand how our brains are that different even that what an LLM does. Do we not "consume" enormous amounts of data, then predict what to do/say next based on that data?

Is that not what an LLM is doing?

Note that I'm not saying LLMs are sentient or anything (however, I have thoughts on sentience in general). I am simply saying there's an obvious similarity between how humans think and LLMs -- and for whatever reason, so many people think we are special simply because we are "made of meat".