you're right, those things aren't sentient. but, they sure aren't markov chains, either. dismissing them as bags of numbers without agency is extremely shortsighted.
Strawman. I didn't dismiss anything as a bag of numbers. I described the scope of understanding of these models and what it would still require for these outputs to be usable in the real world.
However, as far as agency, these language models have none.
However, as far as agency, these language models have none.