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Created: 2025-07-17 00:30:00 UTC

Geoffrey Hinton says LLMs aren't just mimicking, they're making creative connections

When asked why a compost heap is like an atom bomb? GPT-4 pointed to chain reactions, which showed it understood abstract links

"it saw the analogy during training, not test time"

so, they're seeing analogies to compress knowledge, like humans do

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slow_developer Avatar Haider. @slow_developer on x 46.8K followers Created: 2025-07-17 00:30:00 UTC

Geoffrey Hinton says LLMs aren't just mimicking, they're making creative connections

When asked why a compost heap is like an atom bomb? GPT-4 pointed to chain reactions, which showed it understood abstract links

"it saw the analogy during training, not test time"

so, they're seeing analogies to compress knowledge, like humans do

XXXXXX engagements

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