Comment Comment by LatencyKills As someone who was an engineer on the original Copilot team, yes I understand how tech works.You don’t know how your own mind “understands” something. No one on the planet can even describe how human understanding works.Yes, LLMs are vast statistical engines but that doesn’t mean something interesting isn’t going on.At this point I’d argue that humans “hallucinate” and/or provide wrong answers far more often than SOTA LLMs.I expect to see responses like yours on Reddit, not HN. parent LatencyKills 11 months ago
You don’t know how your own mind “understands” something. No one on the planet can even describe how human understanding works.
Yes, LLMs are vast statistical engines but that doesn’t mean something interesting isn’t going on.
At this point I’d argue that humans “hallucinate” and/or provide wrong answers far more often than SOTA LLMs.
I expect to see responses like yours on Reddit, not HN.