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NateEagyesterday at 9:37 PM2 repliesview on HN

I think they meant "Nobody knows why LLMs work."


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threethirtytwoyesterday at 9:52 PM

same thing? The how is not explainable. This is just pedantic. Nobody understands LLMs.

measurablefuncyesterday at 10:19 PM

Because they encode statistical properties of the training corpus. You might not know why they work but plenty of people know why they work & understand the mechanics of approximating probability distributions w/ parametrized functions to sell it as a panacea for stupidity & the path to an automated & luxurious communist utopia.

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