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The Monster Inside ChatGPT

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46 points petethomas | 2 comments | 27 Jun 25 14:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.421s | source
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Azkron ◴[27 Jun 25 15:59 UTC] No.44397822[source]▶
| "Not even AI’s creators understand why these systems produce the output they do."

I am so tired of this "NoBody kNows hoW LLMs WoRk". It fucking software. Sophisticated probability tables with self correction. Not magic. Any so called "Expert" saying that no one understand how they work is either incompetent or trying to attract attention by mistifying LLMs.

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1. cma ◴[27 Jun 25 16:11 UTC] No.44397952[source]▶
This is a bit like saying a computer engineer who wrote and understands a simple RISC machine in college thereby automatically understands all programs that could be compiled for it.
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2. Azkron ◴[27 Jun 25 20:40 UTC] No.44400044[source]▶
No this is like saying that whovever writes a piece of software understands how it works. Unless one forgot about it or stumbled upon it out of sheer luck. And neither of those are the case with LLMs.