Yes! This is the 3rd time in AI, where extreme exaggerations/anthropomorphism's were over used, and it cause AI to loose many years of advancements toward a real AI. Also eventually it ruins the reputation of the engineers/programmers that have propagated the idea that these models are 'intelligent'.
It is nice to hear more people reiterate this. LLMs just 'regurgitate' information, it very fast lookup's and the biases are based on the data, training, weights and filters people provide.
Great, post. It's probably too late, but it sounds like we should retire the terms artificial intelligence and AI altogether. That the technology is "intelligent" lends itself to anthropomorphizing.
Nodded my head all the way through this. The only peeps hallucinating should be us humans. As for the anthropomorphization part... it's engraved in our psyche. We do it to clouds (I mean the real fluffy ones up in the sky), we do it to our cars (haven't you named yours yet??), and those things don't talk back to us, so of COURSE we're doing it to LLMs.
Wrote a piece on these topics a few months ago... where I share some actual hallucinatory experiences (unaided by any foreign substances, mind you!).
Yes! This is the 3rd time in AI, where extreme exaggerations/anthropomorphism's were over used, and it cause AI to loose many years of advancements toward a real AI. Also eventually it ruins the reputation of the engineers/programmers that have propagated the idea that these models are 'intelligent'.
It is nice to hear more people reiterate this. LLMs just 'regurgitate' information, it very fast lookup's and the biases are based on the data, training, weights and filters people provide.
Great, post. It's probably too late, but it sounds like we should retire the terms artificial intelligence and AI altogether. That the technology is "intelligent" lends itself to anthropomorphizing.
I think the AI dragons would take great offense to your statement Mr. Gowani. I advise pulling up the drawbridge.
Nodded my head all the way through this. The only peeps hallucinating should be us humans. As for the anthropomorphization part... it's engraved in our psyche. We do it to clouds (I mean the real fluffy ones up in the sky), we do it to our cars (haven't you named yours yet??), and those things don't talk back to us, so of COURSE we're doing it to LLMs.
Wrote a piece on these topics a few months ago... where I share some actual hallucinatory experiences (unaided by any foreign substances, mind you!).
https://themuse.substack.com/p/hallucination-nation-part-i