The idea that LLMs "know much more than we do" is utterly ridiculous and entirely based on a techno-capitalist valuation of knowledge.
- LLMs don't know personal details about your friends and family members
- LLMs don't have your personal memories from age 2 to age 63
- LLMs don't know what things feel like
- LLMs don't know what things smell like
- LLMs don't know what it's like to experience sexuality
The list goes on and on. It's particularly Hinton ignoring individual knowledge about individual social circumstances that drives me crazy. Human brains are not actually designed to store textual trivia! Why on earth would any rational AI researcher claim "knowledge about the war of 1812" means the LLM is very impressive compared to a human, but "knowledge about how my cat likes to be pet" is irrelevant?
A ton of AI researchers do not seem to care about the problems human brains actually need to solve.
- LLMs don't know personal details about your friends and family members
- LLMs don't have your personal memories from age 2 to age 63
- LLMs don't know what things feel like
- LLMs don't know what things smell like
- LLMs don't know what it's like to experience sexuality
The list goes on and on. It's particularly Hinton ignoring individual knowledge about individual social circumstances that drives me crazy. Human brains are not actually designed to store textual trivia! Why on earth would any rational AI researcher claim "knowledge about the war of 1812" means the LLM is very impressive compared to a human, but "knowledge about how my cat likes to be pet" is irrelevant?
A ton of AI researchers do not seem to care about the problems human brains actually need to solve.