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The LLMentalist Effect (2023)

235 points · 309 comments · jalev

  1. rahidz · · focus · HN ↗
    Man I remember back when a psychic conned me by solving the Navier-Stokes problem.

    Also >July 4th, 2023

    1. krupan · · focus · HN ↗
      The LLM did not solve it. It's not intelligent. Humans did, using a statistics-based computational tool (the LLM). We don't even know all the details of how the tool was used, we haven't been allowed to use the exact tool they used ourselves, we don't know much it really cost in dollars, energy, or time, etc. etc.
      1. daishi55 · · focus · HN ↗
        > The LLM did not solve it. It's not intelligent. Humans did,

        The humans who are using LLMs to make these groundbreaking advances pretty much unanimously disagree that they lack any intelligence.

        1. jdiff · · focus · HN ↗
          I haven't seen any statements from them on that topic. Have they actually made some?
          1. daishi55 · · focus · HN ↗
            From the open letter signed by Terry Tao and other top mathematicians:

            > These models are now operating at the level of the top human mathematicians in many parts of the subject and we must assume there is a significant chance of them developing superhuman abilities within a similarly short timeframe.

            <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;docs.google.com&#x2F;document&#x2F;u&#x2F;0&#x2F;d&#x2F;1N6ThWhupvmH0ofSnaxqnLEMfSTQX5cTLyTMYG27ID-w&#x2F;mobilebasic" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;docs.google.com&#x2F;document&#x2F;u&#x2F;0&#x2F;d&#x2F;1N6ThWhupvmH0ofSnaxqn...

            1. jdiff · · focus · HN ↗
              Superhuman abilities are not &quot;intelligence.&quot; 8bit microprocessors exhibit superhuman abilities in different, smaller ways.
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