https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2407.08790/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41020660urn:hackerpapers:mention:2407.08790:41020660Sat, 20 Jul 2024 22:38:10 GMT<p>Full paper: [1]. Not much new here. The basic criticism is that LLMs are not embodied; they have no interaction with the real world. The same criticism can be applied to most office work. Useful insight: &quot;We (humans) are always doing more than one thing.&quot; This is in the sense of language output having goals for the speaker, not just delivering information. This is related to the problem of LLMs losing the thread of a conversation. Probably the only reasonably new concept in this paper. Standard rant: &quot;Humans are not brains that exist in a vat...&quot; &quot;LLMs ... have nothing at stake.&quot; Arguable, in…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2407.08790/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.CLhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40975320urn:hackerpapers:submission:2407.08790:40975320Tue, 16 Jul 2024 10:54:31 GMT<p>Large models of what? Mistaking engineering achievements for linguistic agency</p><p></p><p>184 points; 156 discussion replies on HN. <a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2407.08790/">Paper and source history</a>. A submission is not an endorsement.</p>cs.CL