David GerardM to [email protected]English • 4 months agoRemember how ChatGPT totally aced the bar exam? Wow! yeah, turns out that was just a liewww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square267fedilinkarrow-up1656arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1655arrow-down1external-linkRemember how ChatGPT totally aced the bar exam? Wow! yeah, turns out that was just a liewww.nytimes.comDavid GerardM to [email protected]English • 4 months agomessage-square267fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•4 months agoIf I practice trying to shoot hoops every day I’m going to get one in a lot sooner than you will just kicking at the ball every time you walk by.
minus-squareAbe Fromanlinkfedilink8•4 months ago@WolfLink so you’re saying there’s a measurable correlation between practicing a skill and getting better at it? Amazing What’s this got to do with the Big Averaging Machine?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-1•4 months agoSpecifically trying to do something will get it done a lot faster than waiting for it to happen by chance.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-1•4 months agoYes it is, in fact. Tiny, random variations, which typically take millions of years to end being a noticeable change.
minus-squareAbe Fromanlinkfedilink7•4 months ago@WolfLink note how nothing there is “trying” to do anything
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-1•4 months agoExactly my point. I’d expect humans trying to make something will get results on a timescale about a million times faster than evolution.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish14•edit-24 months ago about a million times faster than evolution Ah, so you also think intelligent AI is at least 4000 years away.
If I practice trying to shoot hoops every day I’m going to get one in a lot sooner than you will just kicking at the ball every time you walk by.
@WolfLink so you’re saying there’s a measurable correlation between practicing a skill and getting better at it? Amazing
What’s this got to do with the Big Averaging Machine?
Specifically trying to do something will get it done a lot faster than waiting for it to happen by chance.
@WolfLink and that’s how evolution works, is it?
Yes it is, in fact. Tiny, random variations, which typically take millions of years to end being a noticeable change.
@WolfLink note how nothing there is “trying” to do anything
Exactly my point. I’d expect humans trying to make something will get results on a timescale about a million times faster than evolution.
Ah, so you also think intelligent AI is at least 4000 years away.
lol