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by emp17344 341 days ago
…like what? I thought the consensus was that humans exhibit truly general intelligence. If LLMs require access to very specific tools to solve certain classes of problems, then it’s not clear that they can evolve into a form of general intelligence.
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whynotminot 341 days ago
What would you call the very specialized portions of our brains?

The brain is not a monolith.

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emp17344 341 days ago
Specifically, which portions of the brain are “very specialized”? I’m not aware of any aspect of the brain that’s as narrowly applied to tasks as the tools LLMs use. For example, there’s no coding module within the brain - the same brain regions you use when programming could be used to perform many, many other tasks.
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satvikpendem 341 days ago
Broca's area, Wernicke's area, visual and occipital cortices (the latter of which, if damage occurs, can cause loss of sight).
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Xmd5a 341 days ago
Most people with aphasia can still swear because it's handled by the reptilian part of the brain. ahaha
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djmips 341 days ago
Are you able to point to a coding module in an LLM?
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