# What Is It Like to Be an LLM?

DevFeed: [What Is It Like to Be an LLM?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-is-it-like-to-be-an-llm-15421.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.fermyon.com/blog/what-is-it-like-to-be-an-llm>)

Author: Matt Butcher

Published: 2023-10-05T12:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Fermyon - Experience the next wave of cloud computing.](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/fermyon-experience-the-next-wave-of-cloud-computing.md>)

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

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [experiment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/experiment.md>), [llm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/llm.md>), [misconceptions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/misconceptions.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>)

## AI overview

An opinion piece discusses common misconceptions about AI-based software through philosophical thought experiments focused on large language models.

## Source excerpt

Discussing common misconceptions about AI-based software through a philosophical thought experiment (or two).