Tools for exploring the souls of large language models

(oshea00.github.io)

18 points | by r00tanon 2 hours ago

2 comments

  • r00tanon 2 hours ago
    The need for understanding how models arrive at their predictions, and the techniques of mechanistic interpretability is within reach of anyone with a desire to learn.
  • annoyingnoob 1 hour ago
    The entire concept of a soul is fictional, something we made up. When its turtles all the way down you can never find the bottom turtle.
    • t_gamer_kle 1 hour ago
      Not even remotely close to what the soul is described as in any religion Wikipedians are familiar with.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul

      • annoyingnoob 40 minutes ago
        How so? Please explain, because your link does not.

        Sure, people have considered some inner-self for a long time. So what?

        Does an AI do anything without a prompt? An AI has no inner life, it has nothing without an input.

        Maybe binary systems built on silicon, which are fundamentally different in form and function from biologic systems, deserve their own description and should not be forced into the box of humanity.

        You can call it Muse and give it a cute picture, its still a software clanker and still lacks human-like features. So why human-like descriptions?

        • altruios 37 minutes ago
          >it has nothing without an input.

          Show me a human with no input. Show me anything alive without a constant stream of 'input'. Without input, human or robot, there is no output.

          • annoyingnoob 15 minutes ago
            Ok sure, we have sensory inputs. What can your AI sense?

            https://archive.ph/p8IBc

            Try throwing your young AI in with a pack of dogs. Would it survive? It would do nothing. Once again, you can try to make your clanker look human but its not. A pack of dogs can't teach your AI to be like a dog, your AI cant observe dogs on its own and start behaving like them. The concept of a soul in AI is hogwash.

            Can you examine my brain and find the soul? Can you find my personality in there? Why not?