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Contrastive Language Models

176 points · 59 comments · erichocean

fxwin · 1790236731 · focus · HN ↗
I really hope that "System One" won't stick around as a new buzzword simply meaning "fast".
1. TeMPOraL · 1790237355 · focus · HN ↗
  It already did, since 15 years ago.
  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking,_Fast_and_Slow" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking,_Fast_and_Slow
  1. fxwin · 1790239016 · focus · HN ↗
    i'm well aware of the origin and meaning of the term
    > "System 1" is fast, instinctive and emotional
    this implies more than just "fast", which is precisely why i don't like its present usage
    samusiam · 1790248616 · focus · HN ↗
    I think System 1 is a great term. System 1 is fast, intuitive, and automatic. It describes decision-making that happens without explicit reasoning or deliberation. System 2 is the opposite: it's the more deliberate, "executive functioning" side of cognition -- the part that reasons through a problem before arriving at an answer. That's also what state-of-the-art LLMs do before they respond. Jev doesn’t do that kind of reasoning. It just decides.
    agumonkey · 1790249389 · focus · HN ↗
    I wonder if there are research on when system 2 keeps taking over because system 1 has derailed.

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