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“Brains are just like LLMs!!!” Yes, as evidenced by babies who only start talking after they’ve memorized the whole of Wikipedia.

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Indeed, brains and LLMs have very little in common. They work very differently and almost every connection is based on surpassed theories of how neurones and the brain work. They may sometimes generate similar output, but that is also true between electric and gas car engines and they aren't similar

My own brother has a brain just like an LLM. Eager to participate and contribute to a conversation, even if it's not a meaningful contribution Readily and reliably makes shit up and gets caught out on the reg Memorizes Wikipedia pages.. Conversational skills of a next-token-predictor

And yes, generally unpleasant to talk to. Doesn't hold any opinions of his own. I fear my brother isn't alone and some people are genuinely wired this way, and also readily fall for fancy sounding bs from other dumb people. He's 30. They're out there, participating in society, voting. Scary stuff.