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Anthropomorphic vs Biological reasoning for thinking about human analogies for LLM behavior

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Anthropomorphic vs Biological reasoning for thinking about human analogies for LLM behavior
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TL;DR I try to distinguish between what I call ‘anthropomorphic’ vs ‘biological’ reasoning and look at different ways in which they are used.Note: This post is a small part of a larger set of ideas that makes more specific/falsifiable predictions which I hope to soon compile into a bigger post. I don't claim the ideas here are super original, but I haven't seen this distinction discussed much at depth re: current model behavior.A large debate when it comes to talking about AI behavior seems to b

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