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Re: recent boost
They say even a stopped clock is right twice a day, but I think it's the wrong frame to look at it.
Can a stopped clock tell you the time? Can you know when a stopped clock is right, without the use of another clock? Can it give you information about the current time?
LLMs are the same way, they are also right sometimes. Can you tell when? Without consulting another more reliable source of information?
@quirk @thomasfuchs even a working clock is only an approximation of reality
And as we understand it right now, that's still highly relativistic
what even is reality?
This isn't an argument in favour of LLMs or the use of the term "AI" to give anyone the remote impression of intelligence
It's rather a commentary on how deeply ingrained the marketing speak has been, for many many centuries, that we think of objects that do one thing as though they can do another
@simonhamp@phpc.social@quirk @thomasfuchs We are victims of our own over-simplifications (and highly susceptible to those who have something to sell)
In fact, I have a remedy for that! Just take this snake oil twice a day