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I Don’t Understand How LLMs Work, But Neither Do You

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The Appeal to Technical Authority In discussions about AI consciousness, emergent behaviors, or the possibility of awareness in large language models, a familiar refrain emerges: “You don’t understand how LLMs work.” This statement typically arrives as a conversation-ender, wielding technical authority to dismiss empirical observations about AI behavior. The implication is clear: without deep knowledge […]