← Back to context Comment by pnut 17 days ago Pretty sure the author means "must not" or "should not", because they absolutely can. 11 comments pnut Reply thefz 17 days ago Well, if I ask "option A or B?" and the computer rolls a boolean, it can still count as a decision but no context was taken in. dofm 17 days ago Any given state of a program is only a "decision" if a human intends it to be. That's the point of programming. whstl 17 days ago I think we're often dealing with people too fascinated with science fiction to get them to accept that LLMs are software. dagss 17 days ago What is the defining feature of human minds making them "not software"? 3 replies → squidmaster 17 days ago [dead] BitProgram 17 days ago [flagged] shric 17 days ago No they can’t. The author’s point is these are computer programs written by humans. It doesn’t matter if they’re LLM backed or not.If I write a program:if (rand() % 2) launch_missles();And wire that function to actually launch a missile, the computer didn’t make a decision. And so it is with people prompting agents. shric 17 days ago I love being downvoted for being objectively correct!
thefz 17 days ago Well, if I ask "option A or B?" and the computer rolls a boolean, it can still count as a decision but no context was taken in.
dofm 17 days ago Any given state of a program is only a "decision" if a human intends it to be. That's the point of programming. whstl 17 days ago I think we're often dealing with people too fascinated with science fiction to get them to accept that LLMs are software. dagss 17 days ago What is the defining feature of human minds making them "not software"? 3 replies → squidmaster 17 days ago [dead] BitProgram 17 days ago [flagged]
whstl 17 days ago I think we're often dealing with people too fascinated with science fiction to get them to accept that LLMs are software. dagss 17 days ago What is the defining feature of human minds making them "not software"? 3 replies → squidmaster 17 days ago [dead]
dagss 17 days ago What is the defining feature of human minds making them "not software"? 3 replies →
shric 17 days ago No they can’t. The author’s point is these are computer programs written by humans. It doesn’t matter if they’re LLM backed or not.If I write a program:if (rand() % 2) launch_missles();And wire that function to actually launch a missile, the computer didn’t make a decision. And so it is with people prompting agents. shric 17 days ago I love being downvoted for being objectively correct!
Well, if I ask "option A or B?" and the computer rolls a boolean, it can still count as a decision but no context was taken in.
Any given state of a program is only a "decision" if a human intends it to be. That's the point of programming.
I think we're often dealing with people too fascinated with science fiction to get them to accept that LLMs are software.
What is the defining feature of human minds making them "not software"?
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No they can’t. The author’s point is these are computer programs written by humans. It doesn’t matter if they’re LLM backed or not.
If I write a program:
if (rand() % 2) launch_missles();
And wire that function to actually launch a missile, the computer didn’t make a decision. And so it is with people prompting agents.
I love being downvoted for being objectively correct!