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how about everyone stop calling it AI when it very clearly is little more "intelligent" than "intelligent device for starting your heater when it gets cold" (aka thermostat) (and yes, this has really been marketed)

That would be called a feedback mechanism?

Re: Meta AI claims to have a child in a NYC public school

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The problem here isn't that an LLM hallucinates. The problem is that nobody asked for an AI response, and Meta pushed content to a forum that makes such claims, which could easily mislead or at least confuse people not sophisticated enough to be on the lookout for hallucinations. Meta should be (and is) in the business of policing third-party spam on their forums that does exactly this. We can infer what must've happ…

In regards to your last question, it’s “an LLM”. The distinction between using “a” vs “an” is one based on the immediately proceeding syllable sound rather than the letter. If it’s proceeded by a vowel, then use “an”, and if it’s proceeded by a consonant, use “a”. Because “LLM” is pronounced “el el em”, the first syllable sound is “eh”—a vowel. The same letter may need different “a”/“an” article based on how the word…

I'm pretty sure "an" is used for vowels and "a" is used for consonants, but I might be wrong

Re: Meta AI claims to have a child in a NYC public school

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LLMs are Internet simulators. That is a simulation of a good response you would get on the Internet.

Is anyone still surprised by this? If so, let me repeat: LLMs are Internet simulators. They will give you simulations of good replies you might get on the Internet.

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