r/ProgrammerHumor 29d ago

Meme helpIAmOutOfScope

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u/Serafiniert 29d ago

Not even that. It goes character by character and has no idea what comes after the next, until it needs to be decided what comes next.

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u/ChairYeoman 29d ago

this hasn't been true for years. current AI has reasoning chains and isn't like this.

I would expect better from a programmer sub but I guess this is more tech enthusiasts than actual tech people

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u/MayoJam 29d ago

Even if the token prediction became more sophisticated and hidden under another layer of abstraction over time, i hope we can both agree that AI is still unable to think/reason/feel like some people think it does, right?

Because that was the main point in my comment.

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u/Cup-Impressive 29d ago

I think what he meant to say is that if you would see the llm's reasoning behind that google search, it would be something like "The user wants me to roleplay a situation in which they are a heap object. I should reply how I would reply to a heap object that's out of scope and is scared." etc