LLMs Are Complicated Now

(ianbarber.blog)

40 points | by matt_d 10 hours ago ago

6 comments

  • charcircuit 41 minutes ago

    Why didn't this author compare Llama 3 with GLM 5.2 (released 1 week ago) which is a more standard attention based LLM? To compare 2 separate families of LLMs and then pointing out that they are different is not a surprising result and detracts from the point the author is trying to make.

    https://sebastianraschka.com/llm-architecture-gallery/?compa...

    If you look at it, the diagrams are very similar, but the main differences are that the feedforward is replaced with a MoE (router to multiple feedforwards) and the model has a different attention implementation.

    • lproven 5 minutes ago

      > If you look at it, the diagrams are very similar,

      The page links to the same site you do. No wonder it is similar -- the source is the same!

      • charcircuit 4 minutes ago

        The source is the same in the original article too. He is using a different diagram from the same site on the right to justify his point on how much more complicated things have become.

    • christopherwxyz 20 minutes ago

      It’s written by AI.

      • lproven 6 minutes ago

        [[citation needed]]

        I am a professional writer and have been for over 30 years. (I do not use any form of LLM ever.) This means I read a lot. This also means that I have 30+ years of experience of readers not understanding what I wrote, or not getting further than the title, or not getting the main message, or inverting it in their heads, or inserting their own message and then complaining when I diverge, and an endless list of Ways People Do Not Get It.

        I am also a trained TESOL teacher. Ability to capture gist is a skill we test for and measure, and many, maybe the majority, of native speakers don't have it and don't know.

        In recent years I constantly see people going "this is written by AI" and I have yet to see a single of of them able to coherently prove their point. It's all just feelings and hunches.

        So I am calling you on this:

        How do you know? Show your working. Demonstrate your case.

      • alecco 5 minutes ago

        Grammarly and GPTZero say 0% AI.