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HesNotHere

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15. BTW, if people can come to a real understanding of what is happening under the hood...

Reply to scipan (Reply #13)

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 10:14 PM

16 hrs ago

It might become really terrifying that a huge part of the US GDP growth and the S&P500 growth is being done by a number generator running of chips that come from a company that use to primarily make graphics cards for playing video games.

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Bernie vs. Claude [View all] Quixote1818 Yesterday OP

Don't like a thing about this. Tells him what he wants to hear. An Infamous MAGA get same answers to same questions? IA8IT Yesterday #1

Bernie, like most everyone here, understands the implications and societal costs of AI. Gaugamela Yesterday #3

The Waterboy was released in 1998 IA8IT Yesterday #4

How would 2 people.... RussBLib Yesterday #5

Large Language Models are really non-deterministic (semi-random) number generators HesNotHere 20 hrs ago #8

bernie is asking the right questions rampartd Yesterday #2

Thank you Bernie, for taking on this subject. AI is being pushed down our throats and Marie Marie 22 hrs ago #6

I got more specific answers for some reason, and I think it's interesting. scipan 21 hrs ago #7

LLMs are non-deterministic HesNotHere 20 hrs ago #9

I agree that it doesn't "know" anything, but it does alot more than just predicting the next token. scipan 20 hrs ago #10

No, it doesn't. HesNotHere 18 hrs ago #11

Number generator? Even parallel processors work in binary numbers, don't they? scipan 17 hrs ago #12

I disagree about its intent. scipan 16 hrs ago #13

Training is not programming. HesNotHere 16 hrs ago #14

It's a form of programming. Training is probably a better word. scipan 13 hrs ago #17

Training is not programming HesNotHere 13 hrs ago #20

BTW, if people can come to a real understanding of what is happening under the hood... HesNotHere 16 hrs ago #15

I know, it's scary nt scipan 13 hrs ago #18

Last thing....if you use your cellphone to ask ChatGPT what the solution is Fermi's Paradox... HesNotHere 16 hrs ago #16

Also no warp drive or Crucible scipan 13 hrs ago #19

I play with it and work with it too HesNotHere 13 hrs ago #21

Hell, give it an arm, and a goat, and maybe a few more updates. scipan 13 hrs ago #23

Side note, warp drive misses the point of the sad joke of the universe HesNotHere 13 hrs ago #22

Yeah it's not looking good. nt scipan 13 hrs ago #24