"It just predicts the next letter": the old LLM dismissal debate flares up again
steipete · x · 2026-10-07
steipete recirculates a quip from @christiancooper telling @AlexKontorovich to calm down because a chatbot "just predicts the next letter" — a fresh round of the perennial debate over whether next-token prediction undersells what LLMs actually do. Short snarky exchange, but representative of a recurring AI-culture argument.
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