Comment Comment by shkkmo > You seem set on conflating "training" an LLM with "learning" by a human."Learning" is an established word for this, happy to stick with "training" if that helps your comprehension.> LLMs don't "learn" but they _do_ in some cases, faithfully regurgitate what they have been trained on.> Legally, we call that "making a copy."Yes, when you use a LLM to make a copy .. that is making a copy.When you train a LLM... That isn't making a copy, that is training. No copy is created until output is generated that contains a copy. parent shkkmo 10 months ago
"Learning" is an established word for this, happy to stick with "training" if that helps your comprehension.
> LLMs don't "learn" but they _do_ in some cases, faithfully regurgitate what they have been trained on.
> Legally, we call that "making a copy."
Yes, when you use a LLM to make a copy .. that is making a copy.
When you train a LLM... That isn't making a copy, that is training. No copy is created until output is generated that contains a copy.