Comment by squidbeak
4 days ago
> This shows a deep misunderstanding of the paper's claims, which in no way challenge the established view that these bots are next-token predictors.
No, this shows an appreciation of the symbolic richness behind that token 'prediction' which the paper leads on.
> Regardless, if all you want is a next-token selector, save your money and roll a die.
Tell me, where is the emergent symbology guiding that dice?
> No, this shows an appreciation of the symbolic richness behind that token 'prediction' which the paper leads on.
The paper claims no symbolic richness beyond that evident from the undisputed next-token prediction.
> Tell me, where is the emergent symbology guiding that dice?
There's none. That's my point.