> LLMs are not brains and do not meaningfully share any of the mechanisms that animals or people use to reason or think
LLMs are a type of neural network. We know that’s how the human brain works, at least directionally. It’s going to be very upsetting to a lot of people when we figure out that the brain is just a neural network. Akin to when we found out that humans and apes evolved from a common ancestor.
Which I don’t understand—most of the people having this cognitive dissonance presumably do not have a theological worldview. And there’s not exactly a direct theological conflict here anyway. Nothing in any major religion I’m aware of ascribes any supernatural explanation to cognition. It’s a biological computational process, just like using ATP to power muscle fibers to move your limbs is a biological mechanical process.
> It's going to be very upsetting to a lot of people when we figure out the brain is just a neural network.
You're assuming it's inevitable that the truth is what you expect while simultaneously stating that you have no proof of this yet, and then also claiming people who disagree with you have cognitive dissonance.
About whether the brain is a neural network? No, I'm saying that's what the parent comment said. I'm just pointing it out more directly.
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LLMs are a type of neural network. We know that’s how the human brain works, at least directionally. It’s going to be very upsetting to a lot of people when we figure out that the brain is just a neural network. Akin to when we found out that humans and apes evolved from a common ancestor.
Which I don’t understand—most of the people having this cognitive dissonance presumably do not have a theological worldview. And there’s not exactly a direct theological conflict here anyway. Nothing in any major religion I’m aware of ascribes any supernatural explanation to cognition. It’s a biological computational process, just like using ATP to power muscle fibers to move your limbs is a biological mechanical process.
saghm · · focus · HN ↗
You're assuming it's inevitable that the truth is what you expect while simultaneously stating that you have no proof of this yet, and then also claiming people who disagree with you have cognitive dissonance.
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