LLMs aren’t very bright. Why are so many people fooled?
We recorded 3 claims from this post. 3 can’t be checked. 1 more is held. Read the post at its source.
Claims from this post (3)
In the order they appear in the post. Each quotation is the speaker’s words in this post. A label such as “Supported” or “Can’t be checked” is the claim’s current assessment; its page has the evidence and the reasons.
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Observation
“The second summary, deeply parallel with the first, outlines the process by which an unthinking LLM (without meaning to do so) cons many of its users.”
Our reading: An unthinking LLM, without meaning to do so, cons many of its users through a process that closely parallels a psychic's con.
No horizon Evidence as of
Limitation: The essay page shows no publication date. Its date is recorded as 2023 based on Marcus's note ('from last year'), and its available_at is the post date.
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Rhetoric
“Both damning and correct. People who believe in LLMs have played themselves.”
Our reading: Bjarnason's LLMentalist analysis is correct, and people who believe in LLMs have fooled themselves.
No horizon
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Causal claim
“Gary Marcus thinks the whole world would be different if so many people weren’t so easily taken by the parlor tricks of generative AI.”
Our reading: Gary Marcus thinks the whole world would be different if so many people were not so easily taken in by the parlor tricks of generative AI.
No horizon
Qualifier: Gary Marcus thinks
Held from this post (1)
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