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0 pointsfragmede2y ago0 comments

You're going to have to spell it out for me. I asked ChatGPT 4 about a random song and it gave me a decent description.

https://chat.openai.com/share/71d438d7-d1f5-4f0f-9b63-8b5dd6...

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I suspect that part of the OP's point was that ChatGPT happily parrots the aggregate critical opinion as its "thoughts" despite never having heard the song (or parsed its MP3 file or stems or sheet music)

If you ask me what I think of a song I've never heard, I'm general enough to want to listen to it...

jpnc2y ago

Giving a description of a song is not the same as saying what you think about it.

krisoft2y ago

So? Do you think we can’t make an LLM which picks a favourite song and writes about it with the gusto a person does? What is this example supposed to illustrate?

jpnc2y ago

We clearly can, but not with gusto. LLM can't feel gusto about anything. If the point is that it doesn't matter as long as a person reading it is convinced there is gusto, then my point is that the 'opinion' of such a thing is irrelevant.

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yladiz2y ago

Maybe, but 1. the point isn’t to describe, but to explain an abstract and potentially novel idea (thought) on the song, and 2. we can’t train this kind of thing in a generic way right now.

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notahacker2y ago

If you ask me what I think of a song I've never heard, I'm general enough to want to listen to it...

jpnc2y ago

Giving a description of a song is not the same as saying what you think about it.

krisoft2y ago

So? Do you think we can’t make an LLM which picks a favourite song and writes about it with the gusto a person does? What is this example supposed to illustrate?

jpnc2y ago

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yladiz2y ago

Maybe, but 1. the point isn’t to describe, but to explain an abstract and potentially novel idea (thought) on the song, and 2. we can’t train this kind of thing in a generic way right now.

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