# LLMs: Fake it till you make it

DevFeed: [LLMs: Fake it till you make it](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/llms-fake-it-till-you-make-it-33421.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://timkellogg.me/blog/2023/12/07/fake-it>)

Published: 2023-12-07T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Tim Kellogg](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tim-kellogg.md>)

Topics: [Large Language Model](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/llm.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Language models](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/language-models.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [language-models](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/language-models.md>), [large-language-models-llms](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/large-language-models-llms.md>), [llms](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/llms.md>)

## AI overview

This opinion article explains current-generation AI and large language models through an analogy to a child who becomes exceptionally good at imitating plausible language without developing a deeper mental model of the world. It presents the analogy as an intuitive explanation rather than a technical account.

## Source excerpt

How does the current generation of AI work? Think of the phrase "fake it till you make it", and then take it all the way to the extreme, that's close enough to what's going on to get a feel for it.