Pragmatic Anthropomorphism, Or: How to Talk to an Autocompleting Cricket

Pragmatic Anthropomorphism, Or: How to Talk to an Autocompleting Cricket blog.lmorchard.com

TL;DR: Arguing over whether LLMs "truly understand" or have an inner spark misses what's actually useful when sitting in front of one. Treating an AI as a competent collaborator isn't magical thinking or naive…

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mrkshauser3 days ago

Really enjoyed this. Much more thoughtful than all the AI coverage in my daily paper, which seems to swing between doom and listing of to-be-cool prompts. And thanks for the Hofstadter link, he was one of my early heroes.

nizarmah2 days ago

I really liked the comparison with the cricket. I haven't read Hofstadter! But, I'm glad you enjoyed it.

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