I used to think that comparing LLMs to people was dumb, because LLMs are just feed-forward networks–basically seven bipartite graphs in a trench coat–that are incapable of introspection.
However, I’m coming around to the notion that some of our drive-by visitors a brain that’s seven cells deep.
Yeah, general artificial intelligence LLMs are definitely not. Human level intelligence, though… yeah, that depends on what particular human you’re talking about.
(Though, to be fair, this isn’t limited to LLMs… it also applies to Eliza, for instance, or your average lump of granite.)