I think the recent New York Times suit amply demonstrates the fact that the LLMs are largely databases of existing text.
Would you also say that about a savant who can recall entire books with two or three nines' worth of accuracy? Would you say that he or she is just a "database"?
Or that a savant who can multiply large numbers in their head is just a "calculator?"
Would you also say that about a savant who can recall entire books with two or three nines' worth of accuracy? Would you say that he or she is just a "database"?
Or that a savant who can multiply large numbers in their head is just a "calculator?"