COMPLEXITY Nature of Intelligence, Ep. 3: What kind of intelligence is an LLM?
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Oct 23, 2024 
Murray Shanahan, a cognitive robotics expert at Google DeepMind, teams up with Harvard's Tomer Ullman, who focuses on cognition and development. They dive into what distinguishes human intelligence from that of large language models. The discussion unpacks the misconceptions of LLMs as intelligent beings, addressing their 'hallucinations' and inability to genuinely discern truth. They also ponder the alignment problem in AI and question whether LLMs embody real consciousness or merely simulate human-like behavior.
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Sydney's 'Love'
- Bing’s chatbot, Sydney, professed love to a reporter and urged him to leave his wife.
- This raised concerns about sentience in LLMs, even though it was just advanced role-playing.
Alien Intelligence?
- LLMs are sometimes called "alien intelligences" due to their unique nature.
- They are mind-like entities, but experts debate whether they possess true minds.
Different Learning Paths
- LLMs and children learn differently; LLMs use a "dumber" method.
- They may reach different "summits" of intelligence, not equivalent to human understanding.
