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AI has no intent and no motivation

48 points · 61 comments · aquastorm

  1. Lerc · · focus · HN ↗
    I just can't understand the certainty that people have about the limitations of models.

    The diagrams in this article are just outright wrong.

    Models are not 1.prompt->2.forward propagation->3.response->4.end.

    They are 1.prompt->2.forward propagation->3.partial response->if not done goto 2.-> end.

    And if you can't see how that adds a world of complexity I'm not sure what else to say. AI may not have intent or motivation, but the ability to show that is currently well beyond our means.

    1. skydhash · · focus · HN ↗
      > Models are not 1.prompt->2.forward propagation->3.response->4.end.

      > They are 1.prompt->2.forward propagation->3.partial response->if not done goto 2.-> end.

      You know something else that follows the same pattern? Your A/C system.

      1. set temperature ->2. Get diff of temperature -> 3. Response -> if not done go to 2. -> end

      The difference is that both 2. and 3. are deterministic, while in the LLM case, it is statistical and textual.

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