@emilymbender is the most brilliant and generous teacher we have on what LLMs can, should, cannot, and should not be expected to do. I am so grateful that she uses social media to teach. Do read her Thai library thought experiment explaining language and understanding.
h/t @ct_bergstrom https://medium.com/@emilymenonbender/thought-experiment-in-the-national-library-of-thailand-f2bf761a8a83
@jeffjarvis @emilymbender @ct_bergstrom
Thanks brilliant article. Really great explanation of why we shouldn't expect anything but weird from it.
"The only knowledge it has is knowledge of distribution of linguistic form." (Computationally expensive autocorr-wrong).