I approach LLMs with the perspective that “maybe this demonstrates that we humans are all just stochastic parrots?”and we should have the null hypothesis that humans are just pattern matchers.
This is the way I perceive my thoughts. I don't know what I'm going to think of beforehand or in advance, these could all be stochastic "tokens" based on what I've observed in my life.
So of course I feel a bit offended when people claim LLMs are just stochastic parrots, because it doesn't feel to me, that I'm specifically any better?
My thoughts - they just happen, and sometimes not in my favor - I have had times of depression, I didn't have control over my thoughts. Neither do I have now, but at least I am in a better place. Because the "happiness" chemicals are regulated to be in a more favorable state to me for various different factors.
I didn't know what I was going to comment in response to your comment, I was just streaming my conscious.
So of course I feel a bit offended when people claim LLMs are just stochastic parrots, because it doesn't feel to me, that I'm specifically any better?
My thoughts - they just happen, and sometimes not in my favor - I have had times of depression, I didn't have control over my thoughts. Neither do I have now, but at least I am in a better place. Because the "happiness" chemicals are regulated to be in a more favorable state to me for various different factors.
I didn't know what I was going to comment in response to your comment, I was just streaming my conscious.