> The reason I say this is because an LLM is not a complete self-contained thing if you want to compare it to a human being.

The AI companies themselves are the ones drawing the parallels to a human being. Look at how any of these LLM products are marketed and described.

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djeastm 3 days ago | parent [-]

Is it not within our capacity on HN to ignore whatever the marketers say and speak to the underlying technology?

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SiempreViernes 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

There was around 500 comments on the OpenAI + Disney story, so the evidence points to "no".

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nkrisc 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Given the context of the article, why would you ignore that? It's important to discuss the underlying technology in the context in which it's being sold to the public at large.

	▲	mrwrong 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		they are discussing it?