Most humans don't have split brains, and without split brains you have quite a bit of insight into the thoughts in your brain. Its not perfect but its better than nothing, LLM have nothing since there is no mechanism for them to communicate forward except the text they read.
reply> Most humans don't have split brains, and without split brains you have quite a bit of insight into the thoughts in your brain. Its not perfect but its better than nothing, LLM have nothing since there is no mechanism for them to communicate forward except the text they read.
replyI can't prove it but this is almost certainly one of those things that is uh, less than universal in the population.
> humans also work this way.
replyI'm aware of the condition, but let's not confuse failure modes with operational modes. A human with leg problems might use a wheelchair, but that doesn't mean you've cracked "human locomotion" by bolting two wheels onto something.
Also, while both brain-damaged humans and LLMs casually confabulate, I think there's some work to do before one can prove they use the same mechanics.