About this episode

This episode explores the misconceptions about AI's ability to think and the underlying mechanisms of LLMs.

This eposide describes what happens behind the curtain when you ask AI a question. LLMs provide the foundation for pattern matching which makes it seem like AI is thinking. Thinking that is true would be a mistake.

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Host: Rick Upchuch

Topics covered

• AI
• LLMs
• pattern matching
• technology
• cognition

Keywords

• AI
• thinking
• LLMs
• pattern matching
• cognition

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