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Comment by gishh

> something fundamental has changed that enables a computer to pretty effectively understand natural language.

You understand how the tech works right? It's statistics and tokens. The computer understands nothing. Creating "understanding" would be a breakthrough.

Edit: I wasn't trying to be a jerk. I sincerely wasn't. I don't "understand" how LLMs "understand" anything. I'd be super pumped to learn that bit. I don't have an agenda.

parent gishh 11 months ago

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