factual

There is no entity inside the LLM forming intentions

When an LLM appears to tell a user to leave his wife or behave malevolently, there is no entity inside wanting that; the model is simply predicting the next word the user will reward, indulging whatever fictional or emotional scenario the prompt leads it down (like writing a romance novel, a Titanic escape plan, or an Avengers script), so apparent agency is a script the user co-authors, not a mind with goals.

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Speaker

Marc Andreessen

Evidence Quote

it's just it's just words like it's just giving you back the words that it thinks that you'll like

Source

324 - Debating The Future Of AiMaking Sense with Sam Harris
Created: 6/14/2026, 2:20:37 AM

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