New blogpost:
We Don't Understand Neural Networks At The Algorithmic Level
kripken.github.io/blog/neurosc...
So, why is this even a question? Don't scientists agree on whether we understand LLMs?
The largest ongoing debate about AI is “Are Large Language Models (LLMs) intelligent?” That makes sense, at least: the evidence is ambiguous and the stakes a...
kripken.github.io
A. H. Zakai
This preprint makes the "we *do* understand LLMs" case better than I've ever seen it.
But, while they are right on many things, a lot remains that we don't understand. My post tries to explain what exactly is missing and why their arguments don't address it.
Here are my three main points: