David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agoRemember how ChatGPT totally aced the bar exam? Wow! yeah, turns out that was just a liewww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square266fedilinkarrow-up1656arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: fuck_ai@lemmy.world
arrow-up1656arrow-down1external-linkRemember how ChatGPT totally aced the bar exam? Wow! yeah, turns out that was just a liewww.nytimes.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square266fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: fuck_ai@lemmy.world
minus-squareThwart Leader@mastodon.me.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 month ago@frezik @HawlSera > We can likely get there orders of magnitude faster than evolution could [Citation needed]
minus-squareAmoeba_Girl@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoI mean, assuming it is at all possible (or rather that the problem even means anything), I suppose four billion years is a rather generous deadline.
minus-squareWolfLink@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 month 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-squareThwart Leader@mastodon.me.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 month 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-squareWolfLink@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·1 month agoSpecifically trying to do something will get it done a lot faster than waiting for it to happen by chance.
minus-squareThwart Leader@mastodon.me.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month ago@WolfLink and that’s how evolution works, is it?
minus-squareWolfLink@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down5·1 month agoYes it is, in fact. Tiny, random variations, which typically take millions of years to end being a noticeable change.
minus-squareThwart Leader@mastodon.me.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month ago@WolfLink note how nothing there is “trying” to do anything
minus-squareWolfLink@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down5·1 month 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-squareearthquakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-21 month ago about a million times faster than evolution Ah, so you also think intelligent AI is at least 4000 years away.
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down7·1 month agoWe go orders of magnitude faster than evolution on tons of things. It’s not that big of a claim.
@frezik @HawlSera
> We can likely get there orders of magnitude faster than evolution could
[Citation needed]
I mean, assuming it is at all possible (or rather that the problem even means anything), I suppose four billion years is a rather generous deadline.
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.
We go orders of magnitude faster than evolution on tons of things. It’s not that big of a claim.