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@strypey my point was that the LLM that is configured to give me the most appropriate answer using the data it has with no understanding of its impacts 'speaks' more compassionately and responds in a more prosocial way to a request for correction than humans that DO have comprehension and decision-making processes.
The machine doesn't have the choice to be an asshole, but humans do and are.
@FuVenusRs
> The LLM - the water-guzzling hallucinating ghost-in-the-machine - apologised for using that kind of terminology and for upsetting me, promised to be better
Did it though? As with "on brand", the Trained #MOLE is just stochastically parroting language common in the data it's been fed. It's not like there's anything in there capable of understanding the words it's spitting out or what they might mean for a human reading them.
@strypey my point was that the LLM that is configured to give me the most appropriate answer using the data it has with no understanding of its impacts 'speaks' more compassionately and responds in a more prosocial way to a request for correction than humans that DO have comprehension and decision-making processes.
The machine doesn't have the choice to be an asshole, but humans do and are.
@FuVenusRs But has the Trained #MOLE remembered your preference? Based on my understanding of the backprop algorithms used to created them, and the feedback I've seen from people using them, I don't expect it will.
It's responses are weighted to seem conciliatory and pleasant, because this increases repeat use. With the downside that this increases the chances it will spit out nonsense using very confident and convincing language. Whether this is a selling point is arguable ; )
@strypey please stop talking to me like I don't understand algorithms or human linguistics. I know you don't mean to insult me but it's wearing damn thin
@FuVenusRs My apologies. I'm sharing my assumptions so you can correct them if you know something I don't. Sorry that came across as making negative assumptions about your level of knowledge.
Anthropomorphisation of Trained MOLEs is a) a fundamental category error, and b) a symptom of chatbot psychosis, so IMHO it's worth questioning any statement that appear to be doing it. Having done that to the best of my ability, I'll leave you to it.
@strypey yes, I know how an LLM works.
