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On LLMs and Understanding
In this essay, language philosopher Bry Willis explores the flawed nature of human comprehension, arguing that our understanding is often just a calculation of probability rather than an objective grasp of truth. By examining linguistic errors like misheard lyrics and his own struggles with French phonemes, Willis demonstrates that humans frequently hallucinate or misinterpret data based on what seems most plausible. He compares these mental lapses to the "hallucinations" of Large Language Models, suggesting that the mistakes made by AI are fundamentally similar to our own. The author…
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