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You can literally read their thoughts if you run an open model, they look like pretty human thoughts to me, albeit a neurotic human.

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These aren't thoughts how humans literally think them.

I can write a program to produce a string that looks like human thinking, is it human thinking? Of course it isn't. It's such a silly comparison.

> aren't remotely comparable to the way humans think and act

Neural networks in machine learning/AI are comparable to neural networks in human brains. What made you think they aren't?

That's an incredibly deep misunderstanding. Almost as bad as saying that human is the same as a tree because we're both made of carbohydrates and proteins.

The comparison I provided is between how an LLM functions and one part of how a brain functions. It's not an equivalence, I did not say they are "the same". You made the claim that these systems "aren't remotely comparable", and when faced with a clear comparison, you claim "deep misunderstanding".. Have you any arguments to make, or is this going to devolve into more statements that both mischaracterize and muddy the water?

Not to disagree with the overall point, but in fairness you are responding to a different person from the one that made the original claim

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