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@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io

2026-09-21 13:33 UTC

This is the Wikipedia definition for human intelligence. Artificial intelligence (in the form of LLMs) does literally none of these things. It doesn't act by itself, it isn't self-aware[1], it doesn't learn[2], it doesn't understand or form concepts[3], it doesn't logic or reason[4], it doesn't recognize patterns[5], plan, innovate, solve problems, make decisions[6], retain information or even use language to communicate[7]. LLMs are a simulated model (aka it's not real) of human intelligence. Models, in scientific parlance, are just that: they don't try to explain how a process works, they try to achieve the same outcome as a natural process (usually in an effort to perhaps learn something about that process).[8] There simply is no "AI". Anyone telling you about how LLMs are sentient or sapient or will murder us is 100% bullshitting. [1] There is nothing to be aware about, they don't have physicality. They're literally long lists of numbers. [2] Models themselves are static, they're the result of machine learning, but can't grow beyond the initial state. [3] LLMs don't "know" anything. It's matrix multiplications without permanence or embodiment. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Understanding [4] Because they can't understand or form concepts, they can't reason about them. [5] This requires memory, which LLMs don't have. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattern_recognition_(psychology) [6] Memory and understanding are required. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision-making [7] All it does it getting an input in the form of a lot of numbers and returns statistically likely follow-up numbers. [8] "A model is an informative representation of an object, person, or system." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model

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  • @Crell@phpc.social 2026-09-21 16:49

    @thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io I will quibble with only one part of that. "AI" may well kill us all, but not out of malicious intelligence. Just because we feed the number-predictor all our electricity and let it run rampant on our networks. Like, mistake a Chinese cargo ship for a nuke. More precisely, LLMs used stupidly by stupid people increases the chance of stupid people killing us all.

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