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by soneca 1159 days ago
> ”if we will ever get there.”

What do you mean with this? There might never be a peak for something?

It doesn’t make much sense to me, so I read it as a flag that your position is more faith-based (or “hope-based” for a less loaded word) than fact-based. I could be wrong in this interpretation of course, so the initial question in my comment is a genuine one.

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It means LLMs might self-improve beyond the point where we can comprehend how intelligent they are. An LLM with 10x the capabilities of all human brains combined is indistinguishable to a human with one that has 100x the capabilities of all humanity combined, effectively making it possible for there to be "no peak"
I don't think you understand how LLMs work
I think you underestimate how intelligent LLMs are. If the training data only explains a certain concept in French, the LLM will nonetheless be able to tell you about that concept in any other language it has proficiency in. There's clearly a lot more going on under the hood than just a sophisticated markov chain.