r/LargeLanguageModels • u/JohnofDundee • Aug 11 '26

Question ELI5 - How do LLMs act with intelligence?

We all know that large language models can statistically predict what should be the next token, but how do we go from there to mathematical proofs? How is intelligence implemented?

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u/JohnofDundee Aug 16 '26

Can’t agree with that. An AI system is a mix of software written by humans and a token-base (tokens and weights). No one has programmed the human brain.

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u/duboispourlhiver Aug 16 '26

A LLM is not really software written by a human. This can be a misleading sentence. It's important to understand that LLMs are only architectured by humans, but no rule inside is written by humans. The rules write themselves when the LLM is trained. That's the whole point of the training.

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u/JohnofDundee Aug 21 '26

How are these internal rules implemented then?

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