It’s really good at making us feel like it’s intelligent, but that’s no more real than a good VR headset convincing us to walk into a physical wall.

It’s a meta version of VR.

(Meta meta, if you will.)

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    But it’s not simulated intelligence. It’s literally just word association on steroids. There are no thoughts it brings to the table, just words that mathematically fit following the prompts.

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      A simulation doesn’t have to be the actual thing. It implies it literally isn’t the true thing, which is kind of what you’re saying.

      Simulated Intelligence is certainly more accurate and honest than Artificial Intelligence. If you have a better term, what is it?

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      I mean to friends and family – people who have accepted it as smart.

      I don’t know about you, but when I try to explain the concept of LLMs to people not in the tech field, their eyes glaze over. I’ve gotten several family members into VR, though. It’s an easier concept to understand.

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        words that mathematically fit following the prompts

        if only we had a word for applying math to data to give the appearance of a complex process we don’t really understand.

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      My dog can do calculus but struggles with word association beyond treat, walk, vet and bath. Intelligence is hard to define.