--- title: "A Collection of Good LLM Analogies" slug: a-collection-of-good-llm-analogies canonical_url: https://nlpurr.github.io/posts/a-collection-of-good-llm-analogies/ collection: Posts published_at: 2023-12-05T00:00:00.000Z updated_at: 2024-03-03T00:00:00.000Z tags: - LLMs - Analogies - SciComm author: NLPurr --- ## Navigation Context - Canonical URL: https://nlpurr.github.io/posts/a-collection-of-good-llm-analogies/ - You are here: Home > Posts > Posts > A Collection of Good LLM Analogies ### Useful Next Links - [Home](https://nlpurr.github.io/) - [Posts](https://nlpurr.github.io/collections/posts/) - [Sketchnotes](https://nlpurr.github.io/collections/sketchnotes/) [ ![Neil Gaiman](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1716449542831247360/QFs-aV8e_normal.jpg) ](https://twitter.com/neilhimself/status/1639610373115375616) [ Neil Gaiman ](https://twitter.com/neilhimself/status/1639610373115375616) [@neilhimself](https://twitter.com/neilhimself/status/1639610373115375616) ·[Follow](https://twitter.com/intent/follow?screen_name=neilhimself) [](https://twitter.com/neilhimself/status/1639610373115375616) ChatGPT doesn't give you information. It gives you information-shaped sentences. [ ![Twelvisten](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1773561148895633408/lRIHasDY_normal.jpg) ](https://twitter.com/Twelvisok/status/1639498421534081025) Twelvisten @Twelvisok @neilhimself Some more disturbing interactions with ChatGPT the other night.. What is your position on this direct misrepresentation of your work? [ ![Image](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FsCq_syaQAE5koy?format=png&name=small)](https://twitter.com/Twelvisok/status/1639498421534081025)[ ![Image](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FsCrB4ZaAAEJVCp?format=png&name=small)](https://twitter.com/Twelvisok/status/1639498421534081025)[ ![Image](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FsCrDnxaIAAStYF?format=png&name=small)](https://twitter.com/Twelvisok/status/1639498421534081025)[ ![Image](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FsCrFWJaAAAEZxi?format=png&name=small)](https://twitter.com/Twelvisok/status/1639498421534081025) [Mar 25, 2023, 12:49 PM](https://twitter.com/neilhimself/status/1639610373115375616)[](https://help.twitter.com/en/twitter-for-websites-ads-info-and-privacy) [ 9.2K](https://twitter.com/intent/like?tweet_id=1639610373115375616)[ Reply](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=1639610373115375616)[ 145 replies](https://twitter.com/neilhimself/status/1639610373115375616) Mentions [tweet](https://twitter.com/user/status/1639610373115375616) [![ChatGPT as a query engine on a giant corpus of text](https://nlpurr.github.io/_astro/Untitled.Ddyng0Qf_2n8Ugl.webp)](https://nlpurr.github.io/_astro/Untitled.Ddyng0Qf_2n8Ugl.webp) [ChatGPT as a query engine on a giant corpus of text](https://ryxcommar.com/2023/03/28/chatgpt-as-a-query-engine-on-a-giant-corpus-of-text/) [ ![Aleksandr Tiulkanov](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1651586118742167554/Wr1oGjR__normal.jpg) ](https://twitter.com/shadbush/status/1649671701892874241) [ Aleksandr Tiulkanov ](https://twitter.com/shadbush/status/1649671701892874241) [@shadbush](https://twitter.com/shadbush/status/1649671701892874241) ·[Follow](https://twitter.com/intent/follow?screen_name=shadbush) [](https://twitter.com/shadbush/status/1649671701892874241) My chatbot flowchart is still making huge rounds, now with [@UNESCO](https://twitter.com/UNESCO) support. Thanks to [@ylecun](https://twitter.com/ylecun) for instantly driving around 200K people to my initial tweet about it. The links are in this thread [ ![Image](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FuTPqfnXwAENjpG?format=jpg&name=small)](https://twitter.com/shadbush/status/1649671701892874241)[ ![Image](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FuTPqqUXwAAK9qK?format=jpg&name=small)](https://twitter.com/shadbush/status/1649671701892874241)[ ![Image](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FuTPq3DXwAI4cWv?format=jpg&name=small)](https://twitter.com/shadbush/status/1649671701892874241) [Apr 22, 2023, 07:09 AM](https://twitter.com/shadbush/status/1649671701892874241)[](https://help.twitter.com/en/twitter-for-websites-ads-info-and-privacy) [ 57](https://twitter.com/intent/like?tweet_id=1649671701892874241)[ Reply](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=1649671701892874241)[ 7 replies](https://twitter.com/shadbush/status/1649671701892874241) Mentions [tweet](https://twitter.com/user/status/1649671701892874241) Mentions [tweet](https://twitter.com/user/status/1671233379940077568) [ ![title](https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=betterimagesofai.org) https://betterimagesofai.org/ ](https://betterimagesofai.org/) Bookmark for [Just a moment...](https://betterimagesofai.org/) [ ![Omar Khattab](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1613558765764374528/aZQB6U4b_normal.jpg) ](https://twitter.com/lateinteraction/status/1736119027997831210) [ Omar Khattab ](https://twitter.com/lateinteraction/status/1736119027997831210) [@lateinteraction](https://twitter.com/lateinteraction/status/1736119027997831210) ·[Follow](https://twitter.com/intent/follow?screen_name=lateinteraction) [](https://twitter.com/lateinteraction/status/1736119027997831210) Actionable, extended analogies are underrated. Here's one: LMs are stochastic \*devices\* for pattern processing. Like CPUs or GPUs, but Language Processing Units (LPUs). Assembly? Higher-Level Languages? Compilers? Understanding this analogy resolves several major questions.🧵 [Dec 16, 2023, 08:20 PM](https://twitter.com/lateinteraction/status/1736119027997831210)[](https://help.twitter.com/en/twitter-for-websites-ads-info-and-privacy) [ 143](https://twitter.com/intent/like?tweet_id=1736119027997831210)[ Reply](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=1736119027997831210)[ 5 replies](https://twitter.com/lateinteraction/status/1736119027997831210) Mentions [tweet](https://twitter.com/user/status/1736119027997831210) [ ![Andrew Kadel @DrewKadel@social.coop](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1549081315647053825/bW2JThZT_normal.jpg) ](https://twitter.com/FrKadel/status/1644096510357913600) [ Andrew Kadel @DrewKadel@social.coop ](https://twitter.com/FrKadel/status/1644096510357913600) [@FrKadel](https://twitter.com/FrKadel/status/1644096510357913600) ·[Follow](https://twitter.com/intent/follow?screen_name=FrKadel) [](https://twitter.com/FrKadel/status/1644096510357913600) My daughter, who's had a degree in computer science for 25 years, posted this about ChatGPT on Facebook. It's the best description I've seen. [ ![Image](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FtEAwtzXwAENRsg?format=png&name=small)](https://twitter.com/FrKadel/status/1644096510357913600) [Apr 6, 2023, 09:55 PM](https://twitter.com/FrKadel/status/1644096510357913600)[](https://help.twitter.com/en/twitter-for-websites-ads-info-and-privacy) [ 8.5K](https://twitter.com/intent/like?tweet_id=1644096510357913600)[ Reply](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=1644096510357913600)[ 155 replies](https://twitter.com/FrKadel/status/1644096510357913600) Mentions [tweet](https://twitter.com/user/status/1644096510357913600) [ ![andrew blinn in sf](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1744530086492073984/tQp2U7oR_normal.jpg) ](https://twitter.com/disconcision/status/1649810896233832449) [ andrew blinn in sf ](https://twitter.com/disconcision/status/1649810896233832449) [@disconcision](https://twitter.com/disconcision/status/1649810896233832449) ·[Follow](https://twitter.com/intent/follow?screen_name=disconcision) [](https://twitter.com/disconcision/status/1649810896233832449) feel like these kind of pictures are good to keep in mind when thinking about LLM output as well... current tech falls into a kind of uncanny valley where some details feel so high-effort relative to most human bullshit that it can be easy to overlook higher-level incoherence [ ![Adam J Calhoun](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1331246801928802305/aumr3pjx_normal.jpg) ](https://twitter.com/neuroecology/status/1649776001935654913) Adam J Calhoun @neuroecology I heard you can use AI to teach you things, so I asked midjourney to show me How Things Work Am I doing this right? [ ![Image](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FuUuXvwXgAIsaRL?format=jpg&name=small)](https://twitter.com/neuroecology/status/1649776001935654913)[ ![Image](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FuUuXvzXoAI5Iea?format=jpg&name=small)](https://twitter.com/neuroecology/status/1649776001935654913) [Apr 22, 2023, 04:22 PM](https://twitter.com/disconcision/status/1649810896233832449)[](https://help.twitter.com/en/twitter-for-websites-ads-info-and-privacy) [ 20](https://twitter.com/intent/like?tweet_id=1649810896233832449)[ Reply](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=1649810896233832449) Mentions [tweet](https://twitter.com/user/status/1649810896233832449) [ ![Mark Dredze](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1793507797071441921/jEIiywGY_normal.jpg) ](https://twitter.com/mdredze/status/1638769456410230785) [ Mark Dredze ](https://twitter.com/mdredze/status/1638769456410230785) [@mdredze](https://twitter.com/mdredze/status/1638769456410230785) ·[Follow](https://twitter.com/intent/follow?screen_name=mdredze) [](https://twitter.com/mdredze/status/1638769456410230785) For years I’ve explained to people that computers are good at math but bad at language. Now, we’ve developed a new class of incredibly powerful AI that is great at language and, somehow, bad at math. [ ![Hyung Won Chung](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1920005086291574784/LxryMgPG_normal.jpg) ](https://twitter.com/hwchung27/status/1638743317063274496) Hyung Won Chung @hwchung27 Hey Bard…? 🤔 [ ![Image](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fr38XIvakAYzcCu?format=jpg&name=small)](https://twitter.com/hwchung27/status/1638743317063274496) [Mar 23, 2023, 05:07 AM](https://twitter.com/mdredze/status/1638769456410230785)[](https://help.twitter.com/en/twitter-for-websites-ads-info-and-privacy) [ 17](https://twitter.com/intent/like?tweet_id=1638769456410230785)[ Reply](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=1638769456410230785)[ 1 reply](https://twitter.com/mdredze/status/1638769456410230785) Mentions [tweet](https://twitter.com/user/status/1638769456410230785)