anandnair
Joined 9 years ago
Joined 9 years ago
Btw, I'm not saying it's just the number of parameters that matters.
The fundamental difference lies in how patterns are formed in each case. For LLMs, all they know are the patterns they observe in "words" - that is the only "sense" they possess. But for humans, pattern recognition involves continuously ingesting and identifying patterns across our five primary senses—not just separately, but simultaneously.
For example, when an LLM describes something as "ball-shaped," it cannot feel the shape of a ball because it lacks another sense to associate with the word "ball-shaped." In contrast, humans have the sense of touch, allowing them to associate the word or sound pattern "ball" with the physical sensation of holding a ball.
This is why even most software projects (built by humans) go through multiple iterations before they work perfectly.
We should consider a few things before asking, "Can AI code like humans?":
- How did AI learn to code? What structured curriculum was used?
- Did AI receive mentoring from an experienced senior who has solved real-life issues that the AI hasn't encountered yet?
- Did the AI learn through hands-on coding or just by reading Stack Overflow?
If we want to model AI as being on par with (or even superior to) human intelligence, don’t we at least need to consider how humans learn these complex skills?
Right now, it's akin to giving a human thousands of coding books to "read" and "understand," but offering no opportunity to test their programs on a computer. That’s essentially what's happening!
Without doing that, I don't think we'll ever be able to determine whether the limitation of current AI is due to its "low intelligence" or because it hasn’t been given a proper opportunity to learn.