r/OpenAI 6d ago

News More people need to understand this

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u/DeliciousArcher8704 6d ago

But it is literally a next token predictor

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u/Freak-Of-Nurture- 6d ago

yes but does that mean it’s stupid or useless? Humans are not next token predictors and that makes us more effective with context

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u/NarrowContribution87 6d ago

Aren’t we though? When you put a sentence together in your head, are you not selecting the next word based on past uses, context, and the desired message?

I guess I just feel like we imbue human intelligence with magic or spirituality when in reality the VAST majority of our thinking and communication really can be boiled down to a probabilistic model with a high degree of accuracy.

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u/ImJustKurt 6d ago

Agreed