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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://helvede.net/users/jwcph/statuses/113882852750891679">JW Prince of CPH, Radicalized (jwcph@helvede.net)'s status on Friday, 24-Jan-2025 19:31:51 JST</a><a href="https://helvede.net/@jwcph" title="jwcph@helvede.net"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/260466-48-20240515232237.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="JW Prince of CPH, Radicalized" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">JW Prince of CPH, Radicalized</a><div><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/113882780132288400" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a><ul><li><li><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/user/34384" title="martin@openedtech.social">Martin Dougiamas</a></li><li><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/user/40873" title="dalias@hachyderm.io">Rich Felker</a></li><li><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/user/294513" title="fredb@mstdn.social">Mud Road</a></li></ul></div></section><article><p><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral">@aral</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/@dalias">@dalias</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/@fredb">@fredb</a> <a href="https://openedtech.social/@martin">@martin</a> Yeah, really. Like, I had an argument with a friend *who is a statistician* &amp; still refused to believe that there is no reasoning going on or understanding emerging in an LLM - simply because it looks so convincing.  </p><p>Pretty sure most of it is the "Mentalist Effect"; I mean, despite this having been debunked since fucking Houdini, look at how many people still believe that shit is real... </p><p><a href="https://softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llmentalist/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llmentalist/</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4431315#notice-8684625">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-01-24T19:31:51+09:00" title="Friday, 24-Jan-2025 19:31:51 JST">about 6 days ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://helvede.net/@jwcph/113882852750891679" rel="external" title="Sent from helvede.net via ActivityPub">helvede.net</a></span></span><a href="https://helvede.net/@jwcph/113882852750891679">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: softwarecrisis.dev</div><h5><a href="https://softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llmentalist/">The LLMentalist Effect: how chat-based Large Language Models rep…</a></h5><div></div></header><div>The new era of tech seems to be built on superstitious behaviour</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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JW Prince of CPH, Radicalized (jwcph@helvede.net)'s status on Friday, 24-Jan-2025 19:31:51 JSTJW Prince of CPH, Radicalized
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@aral @dalias @fredb @martin Yeah, really. Like, I had an argument with a friend *who is a statistician* & still refused to believe that there is no reasoning going on or understanding emerging in an LLM - simply because it looks so convincing.
Pretty sure most of it is the "Mentalist Effect"; I mean, despite this having been debunked since fucking Houdini, look at how many people still believe that shit is real...
https://softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llmentalist/
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