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The 'weird little guys' mental model for LLMs

A user suspects this practical heuristic could help people get more out of LLMs than treating them as software programs.

Danielle Fong 🔆DF
Henry ShevlinHS
2 Sources, 1h ago, first seen 1h ago

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One user suspects many people would get more out of LLMs by switching their mental model from 'software program' to 'weird little guys inside my computer.' They offer the comparison purely as a practical heuristic.

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Henry Shevlin@dioscuriPurely as a practical heuristic, I suspect a lot of people would get more out of LLMs if they switched their mental model from “software program” to “weird little guys inside my computer”.1h
Danielle Fong 🔆@DanielleFongRT @dioscuri: Purely as a practical heuristic, I suspect a lot of people would get more out of LLMs if they switched their mental model fro…56m
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    Henry Shevlin@dioscuriPurely as a practical heuristic, I suspect a lot of people would get more out of LLMs if they switched their mental model from “software program” to “weird little guys inside my computer”.1h
    Danielle Fong 🔆@DanielleFongRT @dioscuri: Purely as a practical heuristic, I suspect a lot of people would get more out of LLMs if they switched their mental model fro…56m
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