Researchers Contrast LLMs With Prior AI Approaches
Replies on X contrast LLMs with earlier AI systems like AlphaGo.
Subbarao Kambhampati posted on X that most AI has been trained to reproduce human behavior because that has been the main yardstick for intelligence. He cited Drew McDermott's warning against circular attribution of mental stances to machines. Joscha Bach replied that pre-LLM AI research focused on producing intelligent behavior de novo rather than imitation. Bach noted that AlphaGo does not play Go like a human, but LLMs succeed precisely because they reproduce human mental patterns. The exchange occurred in public replies on X.
Well, isn't most of AI has been trained to reproduce human behavior--because that's been our only yardstick for intelligence. Which is exactly why Drew McDermott--in his AI meets NS--says we should be careful about engaging in circularity and attributing mental stances to them…
Researchers Contrast LLMs With Prior AI Approaches
Replies on X contrast LLMs with earlier AI systems like AlphaGo.
Subbarao Kambhampati posted on X that most AI has been trained to reproduce human behavior because that has been the main yardstick for intelligence. He cited Drew McDermott's warning against circular attribution of mental stances to machines. Joscha Bach replied that pre-LLM AI research focused on producing intelligent behavior de novo rather than imitation. Bach noted that AlphaGo does not play Go like a human, but LLMs succeed precisely because they reproduce human mental patterns. The exchange occurred in public replies on X.
Well, isn't most of AI has been trained to reproduce human behavior--because that's been our only yardstick for intelligence. Which is exactly why Drew McDermott--in his AI meets NS--says we should be careful about engaging in circularity and attributing mental stances to them…
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Joscha Bach@Plinz@rao2z @anilkseth Before LLMs, most AI research was focused on producing intelligent behavior de novo, it was not imitative. AlphaGo does not play Go like a human. But McDermott’s provision does not apply to LLMs, which work precisely because they reproduce human mental patterns.
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