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		FatalLogic on Oct 27, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Yann LeCun on GPT-3 You're correct. It's only autocomplete on steroids. But I think it's remarkable that something with the very simple goal of autocomplete can, for a few sentences, sound almost alive

azinman2 on Oct 27, 2020 [–]

Because we as humans easily anthropomorphize. [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Media_Equation

FatalLogic on Oct 27, 2020 | [–]

Yes, though our tendency to anthropomorphize also helps makes other people human

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