Are LLMs Just Amplified Autocomplete?
ineshipolito · x · 2026-07-11
The author compares LLMs to an amplified version of "keyboard autocomplete": keyboards only predict the next word based on frequent input, yet we say LLMs "judge, decide, know."
The core question: if we don't say keyboards "think," why attribute stronger mental abilities to LLMs? The author argues that once misattribution is established, it requires "retraction/correction," but there is no equally rigorous correction practice for autocomplete-style systems.
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