Agree it's not exactly the same, but it's more similar than it seems on the surface. By and large, you don't get to make the decision for yourself wrt drugs. Doctors make recommendations. So, Doctors can kill others (lots and lots of them per doctor) by recommending/prescribing drugs that they can't fully explain.
It is what it is. At some point with enough variables we lose the ability to explain something in a mechanistic fashion that a human can fit in their head.
The nice thing about LLMs compared to drugs - an LLM is actually fully explainable. The explanation is just very long and boring. "and so we calculate this number and then that number, then adjust these numbers, and then calculate that thing and blah blah blah" for 6000 years.
It is what it is. At some point with enough variables we lose the ability to explain something in a mechanistic fashion that a human can fit in their head.
The nice thing about LLMs compared to drugs - an LLM is actually fully explainable. The explanation is just very long and boring. "and so we calculate this number and then that number, then adjust these numbers, and then calculate that thing and blah blah blah" for 6000 years.