In my opinion the difference is that a recent graduate knows to say “I don’t know” to questions they’re not sure on, whereas LLMs will extremely confidently and convincingly lie to your face and tell you dangerous nonsense.
My experience is that intellectual humility is a variable, not a universal.
Seen some students very willing to recognise their weaknesses, others who are hamstrung by their hubris. (And not just students, the worst code I've seen in my career generally came from those most certain they're right).
ben_w|1 year ago
Seen some students very willing to recognise their weaknesses, others who are hamstrung by their hubris. (And not just students, the worst code I've seen in my career generally came from those most certain they're right).
https://phys.org/news/2023-12-teens-dont-acknowledge-fact-ea...
And yes, this is a problem with some LLMs that are trained to always have an answer rather than to acknowledge their uncertainty.