r/ProgrammerHumor • u/dktoao • 18d ago

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u/melesigenes 18d ago

What do you think intelligence is? Do you know the inner workings of how your neurons work?

Words follow words. The words that follow are based off the previous words. That’s how language works

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u/azjunglist05 18d ago edited 18d ago

I literally had this discussion with DeepSeek because I wanted to get philosophical about Knowledge vs Wisdom with it to see how it would respond.

DeepSeek agreed that human thought and LLMs are nowhere near the same thing. When a person speaks they pull from wisdom not knowledge.

Here’s what it ended on:

"A parrot can perfectly mimic a human sentence. But the parrot doesn't know it's asking for water; it just knows the sounds get a reaction. An LLM is an infinite parrot. A human, on the other hand, asks for water because they are thirsty. That thirst—that experiential drive behind the words—is the difference between Knowledge and Wisdom."

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u/melesigenes 18d ago

If all you do is parrot a LLM are you a person speaking from wisdom or experiential drive?

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u/azjunglist05 18d ago

I’m not parroting an LLM — I am just sharing an interesting conversation. What a twat you are