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4 days agoI think the difference comes from understanding. When we inferior, fleshy ones “make up” information, it’s usually based on our understanding (or misunderstanding) of the subject at hand. We will fill in the blanks in our knowledge with what we know about similar subjects.
An LLM doesn’t understand its output, though. All it knows is that word_string_x immediately follows word_string_y in 84.821% of its training data, so that’s what gets pasted next.
For us, making up false information comes from gaps in our cognition, from personal agendas, our own unique lived experiences, etc. For an LLM, these are just mathematical anomalies.
It depends on the game, and my familiarity with it. If it’s a linear, story-based game where the player doesn’t really influence the end result at all, then watching it is just as good as playing it myself, in my opinion. Or if it’s a new addition to a franchise that I’m already experienced in, like a new Super Mario game, then watching it is generally just as fine of an experience as playing it.
But if it’s a game that’s based entirely around the experience of playing it, like most multiplayer shooters for example, then watching somebody else play may be entertaining, but doesn’t substitute actually playing it myself.