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> Although LLMs are incredible feats of engineering, they're useless scientifically

https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2022/09/20/bionemo-large-langu...

LLMs can be useful tools for conducting scientific research, in much the way that ordinary computer programs, or desk calculators, or slide rules are useful for conducting scientific research.

I meant that (insofar as I am aware) they are not useful as models that we can study to understand the nature of human intelligence.

> They are not useful as models that we can study to understand the nature of human intelligence

Correct, but they were not explicitly designed to replicate human cognitive processes. That was never the goal. There is no pretense of them being a cognitive model that we can scientifically study.

Agreed, but I get the impression many people mistakenly believe that they are.

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