Dr. Terry Sejnowski

No, no. And they got these LLMs to behave just like those people who have these disorders. You can get them to behave that way. Yes.

No, no. And they got these LLMs to behave just like those people who have these disorders. You can get them to behave that way. Yes.

I haven't seen that, but it's pretty clear that, to me at least, that if you can do sociopathy, you can probably do any political belief.

I haven't seen that, but it's pretty clear that, to me at least, that if you can do sociopathy, you can probably do any political belief.

I haven't seen that, but it's pretty clear that, to me at least, that if you can do sociopathy, you can probably do any political belief.

Okay, there's a lot of information that, as you point out, which has to do with the tone, the spatial expressions. You know, there's a tremendous amount of information that is passed, not just with words, but with all the other parts, the visual input and so forth. And some people are good at picking that up and others are not. There's a tremendous variability between individuals.

Okay, there's a lot of information that, as you point out, which has to do with the tone, the spatial expressions. You know, there's a tremendous amount of information that is passed, not just with words, but with all the other parts, the visual input and so forth. And some people are good at picking that up and others are not. There's a tremendous variability between individuals.

Okay, there's a lot of information that, as you point out, which has to do with the tone, the spatial expressions. You know, there's a tremendous amount of information that is passed, not just with words, but with all the other parts, the visual input and so forth. And some people are good at picking that up and others are not. There's a tremendous variability between individuals.

And biology is all about diversity and it's all about needing a gene pool that's very diverse so that you can evolve and survive catastrophic changes that occur in a climate, for example. But wouldn't it be wonderful if we could create an LLM that could understand what those differences are. Now, just think about it, right?

And biology is all about diversity and it's all about needing a gene pool that's very diverse so that you can evolve and survive catastrophic changes that occur in a climate, for example. But wouldn't it be wonderful if we could create an LLM that could understand what those differences are. Now, just think about it, right?

And biology is all about diversity and it's all about needing a gene pool that's very diverse so that you can evolve and survive catastrophic changes that occur in a climate, for example. But wouldn't it be wonderful if we could create an LLM that could understand what those differences are. Now, just think about it, right?

Yeah, but here's what you'd have to do. What you'd have to do is to train it up on data from a bunch of individuals, human individuals. Now, one of the things about these LLMs is that they don't have a single persona. They can adopt any persona. You have to tell it what you're expecting from.

Yeah, but here's what you'd have to do. What you'd have to do is to train it up on data from a bunch of individuals, human individuals. Now, one of the things about these LLMs is that they don't have a single persona. They can adopt any persona. You have to tell it what you're expecting from.

Yeah, but here's what you'd have to do. What you'd have to do is to train it up on data from a bunch of individuals, human individuals. Now, one of the things about these LLMs is that they don't have a single persona. They can adopt any persona. You have to tell it what you're expecting from.

I once gave it an abstract from a paper, very technical, a computational paper. And I said, you are a neuroscientist. I want you to explain this abstract to a 10-year-old. It did it in a way that I could never have done it. Was it accurate? It really simplified it. Some of the subtleties were not in it, but it explained what plasticity it was and explained what a synapse is. Amazing. It did that.

I once gave it an abstract from a paper, very technical, a computational paper. And I said, you are a neuroscientist. I want you to explain this abstract to a 10-year-old. It did it in a way that I could never have done it. Was it accurate? It really simplified it. Some of the subtleties were not in it, but it explained what plasticity it was and explained what a synapse is. Amazing. It did that.

I once gave it an abstract from a paper, very technical, a computational paper. And I said, you are a neuroscientist. I want you to explain this abstract to a 10-year-old. It did it in a way that I could never have done it. Was it accurate? It really simplified it. Some of the subtleties were not in it, but it explained what plasticity it was and explained what a synapse is. Amazing. It did that.

I haven't encountered that, but it's fascinating. That's a sign of a real generative internal model. See, here's the thing that most distinguishes, I think, an LLM from a human is that if you go into a room, quiet room, and just sit there without any sensory stimulation, your brain keeps thinking.

I haven't encountered that, but it's fascinating. That's a sign of a real generative internal model. See, here's the thing that most distinguishes, I think, an LLM from a human is that if you go into a room, quiet room, and just sit there without any sensory stimulation, your brain keeps thinking.

I haven't encountered that, but it's fascinating. That's a sign of a real generative internal model. See, here's the thing that most distinguishes, I think, an LLM from a human is that if you go into a room, quiet room, and just sit there without any sensory stimulation, your brain keeps thinking.