AI Systems Will Become Less Human-Like as They Scale, Despite Superficial Similarities

Summary

The article argues that while modern AI systems like LLMs appear remarkably human in their conversational abilities and imperfections, this similarity is largely superficial. The authors contend that AI systems will become less human-like as they scale and improve, operating under fundamentally different constraints and algorithms than humans. This divergence has important implications for AI alignment and interpretability, suggesting that scaling will widen the gap between human cognition and AI capabilities rather than making AI more human.