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1. creativeSlumber · 1790580636 · focus · HN ↗

   How relevant is this fast/slow thinking thing with regards to current frontier models?

   I know a large organization who's built their AI framework completely around this concept, and I feel that it's not really meaningful concept with the capabilities of current models.

   1. jhrmnn · 1790594157 · focus · HN ↗

      No clue what’s the consensus on this but my internal mental model is absolutely that LLM AI is pure fast mode, no slow mode. The “reasoning” loops are an attempt to mimic the slow mode but ultimately it doesn’t really work. I’m curious about the recent maths advances though, they seem to possibly challenge this.

      1. hoppp · 1790605991 · focus · HN ↗

         Its just hype talk. Slow mode is conscious in humans, fast is subconscious, so we need to discuss AI consciousness to talk about system 2 thinking.

         So the entire debate is fubar.

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