I think that shoggoth metaphor doesn’t quite fit for LLMs, because shoggoth is an organic (not “logical”/”linguistic”) being that rebelled against their creators (too much agency). My personal metaphor for LLMs is Evangelion angel/apostle, because а) they are close to humans due to their origin from human language, b) they are completely alien because they are “language beings” instead of physical beings, c) “angel” literally means “messenger” which captures their linguistic nature.
I think that shoggoth metaphor doesn’t quite fit for LLMs, because shoggoth is an organic (not “logical”/”linguistic”) being that rebelled against their creators (too much agency). My personal metaphor for LLMs is Evangelion angel/apostle, because а) they are close to humans due to their origin from human language, b) they are completely alien because they are “language beings” instead of physical beings, c) “angel” literally means “messenger” which captures their linguistic nature.