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1. Samantha Quiñones (ieatkillerbees@lucha.nyc)'s status on Sunday, 05-Mar-2023 05:05:31 JST Samantha Quiñones

   Hi, I work with generative machines. Everything from Markov chain generators to GPT-3. I’ve trained and tuned many models with GPT2 and 3, all with the intent of simulating human interaction.

   I know a fair bit about generative machines, both how they work, and how to tune and interact with them to get particular results.

   I need you to hear this: they do not know or understand anything. They are complex probability tables.

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   • Samantha Quiñones (ieatkillerbees@lucha.nyc)'s status on Sunday, 05-Mar-2023 06:02:13 JST Samantha Quiñones

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     Thanks to very clever programming and increasingly powerful GPUs, they are deeply complex and precise probability tables, but they are still only inferring based on what they’ve seen in the past.

     We don’t understand how organic brains learn. Building an electronic brain remains science fiction.

     LLMs produce an impressive simulacra of human language, but there is no there there.

     I jokingly say that they “make shit up,” but that implies intent and ability to conceptualize.

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