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Contrastive Language Models

176 points · 59 comments · erichocean

  1. khalic · · focus · HN ↗
    The tech is very cool but for the love of Gaia stop calling it system one, even Kahneman said this (S1/2) is a framework for understanding the brains inner workings. There is no autonomous system to speak of.
    1. robrenaud · · focus · HN ↗
      Brains aside, it S1/S2 seems like a good description?

      System 1 is quick and intuitive. System 2 is slow and deliberate.

      Compared to models that compose responses with many forward passes, thinking in token space, these models make a quick decision after processing their inputs.

      1. khalic · · focus · HN ↗
        It’s ok to use it as inspiration, but using the term comes with psychological baggage in an industry that already abuses anthropomorphism. Give it an informative name
        1. aoeusnth1 · · focus · HN ↗
          System 1 is quite informative about what it's for. It means it's a system designed for bounded time quick classification, vs. agentic unbounded or slow thinking with scratchpads and tools.
          1. khalic · · focus · HN ↗
            Does it inject thoughts into system 2 without system 2 knowing about it? Does it have instinctive social skills? Can it do instinctive arithmetic? The list goes on, there’s a nice book about it…
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