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This critique that LLMs just "predict the next word" seems really dumb

Is that how they are making more advancements in mathematica...
German pumo
  10/17/26
it's like saying a nuclear reactor "just heats up water...
Apathetic prepper
  10/17/26
...
German pumo
  10/17/26
It's funny because for transformer models it isn't even true...
The Penis
  10/17/26
That is what people literally say about it so the critique i...
Lucy Mercer
  10/17/26
Yes it is
censorship
  10/17/26
No it isn't
Lucy Mercer
  10/17/26


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Date: October 17th, 2026 9:40 PM
Author: German pumo

Is that how they are making more advancements in mathematical theory in a few weeks than humans have made in the last several decades?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5913613&forum_id=2...id#50194615)



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Date: October 17th, 2026 9:45 PM
Author: Apathetic prepper

it's like saying a nuclear reactor "just heats up water." the AI-denialism is going to age as poorly as COVID-Zero hysteria

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5913613&forum_id=2...id#50194623)



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Date: October 17th, 2026 9:49 PM
Author: German pumo



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5913613&forum_id=2...id#50194626)



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Date: October 17th, 2026 10:48 PM
Author: The Penis

It's funny because for transformer models it isn't even true. next token prediction describes the training objective. that was the entire big thing with transformer computation that the head can integrate information from widely separated positions in the context. There is more to it than that too. The system develops its own representations and algorithms in order to satisfy the optimization objective, and the final system that emerges still is not fully understood.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5913613&forum_id=2...id#50194690)



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Date: October 17th, 2026 10:51 PM
Author: Lucy Mercer (Safari)

That is what people literally say about it so the critique is reasonable. It's just false. Its obviously not analyzing a photograph by predicting the next word.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5913613&forum_id=2...id#50194694)



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Date: October 17th, 2026 10:52 PM
Author: censorship

Yes it is

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5913613&forum_id=2...id#50194696)



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Date: October 17th, 2026 10:53 PM
Author: Lucy Mercer (Safari)

No it isn't

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5913613&forum_id=2...id#50194697)