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New comment by watutalkinbout in "The Coming Loop"

watutalkinbout — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 10:51:51 +0000

You can't fool an inanimate object.

An LLM is (effectively) just a really, really elaborate "choose your own adventure" book.

It's not "working through" problems, it's just tracing a route through an pre-defined information space. It's not actually thinking, it just does a good impression of it.

New comment by watutalkinbout in "Anthropic says Alibaba illicitly extracted Claude AI model capabilities"

watutalkinbout — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 10:49:29 +0000

An LLM is just a really, really big, really, really elaborate "choose your own adventure" book.

You aren't a book.

New comment by watutalkinbout in "Anthropic says Alibaba illicitly extracted Claude AI model capabilities"

watutalkinbout — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 04:49:19 +0000

An AI company stealing intellectual property?!

Oh, the inhumanity!

New comment by watutalkinbout in "The Coming Loop"

watutalkinbout — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 19:18:11 +0000

These aren't the same thing.

You can't fool an AI because it isn't using its own judgement.

New comment by watutalkinbout in "The Coming Loop"

watutalkinbout — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 19:13:25 +0000

You're describing a tool.

Tools can do very useful things, but they aren't intelligent.

New comment by watutalkinbout in "The Coming Loop"

watutalkinbout — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 19:08:03 +0000

Algorithms and data that emulate responses aren't smart.

A 5 year old knows if you want to wash your car, you need to take it to the car wash.