I can't see a pathway for these things to be able to learn from experience in any meaningful way - the energy budget seems to prohibit it. Artificial neural networks are already many orders of magnitude more energy intensive than natural neural networks. Despite this, large nervous systems are very energy intensive as well. For example in humans 20% of the energy budget goes to the brain which is 5% of the body weight.
So I refrer to LLMs as language extrusion confabulation machines. Language extrusion was a term I heard the linguist Emily Bender use. Confabulation because my observation is that talking to an LLM is very much similar to my experience of interacting with Korsakov syndrome patients some years ago.
I look forward to the hype settling down to see what we end up with.
So I refrer to LLMs as language extrusion confabulation machines. Language extrusion was a term I heard the linguist Emily Bender use. Confabulation because my observation is that talking to an LLM is very much similar to my experience of interacting with Korsakov syndrome patients some years ago.
I look forward to the hype settling down to see what we end up with.