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project2501a 4 hours ago

> Nobody knows how LLMs work.

I'm sorry, come again?

threethirtytwo 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Nobody knows how LLMs work.

Anybody who claims otherwise is making a false claim.

NateEag 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I think they meant "Nobody knows why LLMs work."

threethirtytwo 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

same thing? The how is not explainable. This is just pedantic. Nobody understands LLMs.

measurablefunc 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Because they encode statistical properties of the training corpus. You might not know why they work but plenty of people know why they work & understand the mechanics of approximating probability distributions w/ parametrized functions to sell it as a panacea for stupidity & the path to an automated & luxurious communist utopia.

bdangubic 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

nobody can how how something that is non-deterministic works - by its pure definition