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submitted 2 months ago by Tea@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

Half of LLM users (49%) think the models they use are smarter than they are, including 26% who think their LLMs are “a lot smarter.” Another 18% think LLMs are as smart as they are. Here are some of the other attributes they see:

  • Confident: 57% say the main LLM they use seems to act in a confident way.
  • Reasoning: 39% say the main LLM they use shows the capacity to think and reason at least some of the time.
  • Sense of humor: 32% say their main LLM seems to have a sense of humor.
  • Morals: 25% say their main model acts like it makes moral judgments about right and wrong at least sometimes. Sarcasm: 17% say their prime LLM seems to respond sarcastically.
  • Sad: 11% say the main model they use seems to express sadness, while 24% say that model also expresses hope.
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[-] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 2 months ago

Maybe if the adults actually didn't use the LLMs so much this wouldn't be the case.

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Next you'll tell me half the population has below average intelligence.

Not really endorsing LLMs, but some people...

[-] TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

moron opens encyclopedia "Wow, this book is smart."

[-] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

LLMs don't even think. Four year olds are more coherent. Given the state of politics, the people thinking LLMs are smarter than them are probably correct.

[-] killabeezio@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago

LLMs are smart, they are just not intelligent

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