> there might be good reasons to reject LLMs as a technology the way it is currently being used
Yes, absolutely. But denying their obvious capabilities is not a very effective way to do that.
I don't see much thought-through analysis from the anti-AI crowd. That seems to have a lot to do with the fact that they're not actually very familiar with the technology, from either a practical or theoretical perspective.
This means they rely on what they assume will be an effective tactic, trying to claim that the machines that are smarter than they are in many respects are somehow... not. Which puts them in very obvious conflict with reality. Counterfactuals are not a great basis for a protest movement.
As for the parent comment, it was talking about "pedantic games of gotcha." I reject the idea that that's what my comment was doing. The idea that LLMs are copy-pasting snippets is ludicrous delusion. But maybe you don't realize that either?
Also, point of order: "The satire was apparently lost on you" makes no sense, since I wrote the comment and it wasn't intended as satire.
Yes, absolutely. But denying their obvious capabilities is not a very effective way to do that.
I don't see much thought-through analysis from the anti-AI crowd. That seems to have a lot to do with the fact that they're not actually very familiar with the technology, from either a practical or theoretical perspective.
This means they rely on what they assume will be an effective tactic, trying to claim that the machines that are smarter than they are in many respects are somehow... not. Which puts them in very obvious conflict with reality. Counterfactuals are not a great basis for a protest movement.
As for the parent comment, it was talking about "pedantic games of gotcha." I reject the idea that that's what my comment was doing. The idea that LLMs are copy-pasting snippets is ludicrous delusion. But maybe you don't realize that either?
Also, point of order: "The satire was apparently lost on you" makes no sense, since I wrote the comment and it wasn't intended as satire.