Comment by TechnoBabble199
13 hours ago
In my experience, reading can make you a better writer sure.
But it depends on what you read. Take AI for example, it's trained on a ton of text right? It can write, but can it write effectively? Is its writing really "good" ?
The point I'm trying to make is, there's a difference between reading & learning from the patterns of what you read - and actually learning the best way to write - to actually provide a reader with maximum comprehension (If it's educational) or entertainment (If it's fiction/fantasy)
Best example I can give on this is - you can learn to swim from watching hundreds of people swim - but you won't be an Olympic level swimmer unless you learn from the best.
If that makes sense.
The point about LLMs makes even less sense than drawing conclusions from "in mice" studies
Yes, the difference between humans and LLMs is the small issue that LLMs have no idea what any of it means.
> The point about LLMs makes even less sense than drawing conclusions from "in mice" studies
Nah I disagree. Humans learn via patterns so do LLMs. They are not human, they don't actually possess intellect - but there are some isomorphisms that can do cleanly translate. I think this one does.
Also, if in mice studies didn't work - we wouldn't use mice for studies - so your example kinda proves my point.
Studies in mice aren't used to confirm something relevant for humans, they're exploratory.
"Learn via patterns" is hopelessly vague. Archival algorithms learn via patterns too.
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