David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 4 months agoRemember how ChatGPT totally aced the bar exam? Wow! yeah, turns out that was just a liewww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square205fedilinkarrow-up1630arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: fuck_ai@lemmy.world
arrow-up1630arrow-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 · 4 months agomessage-square205fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: fuck_ai@lemmy.world
minus-squareWolfLinklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·4 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 Froman@mastodon.me.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up8·4 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-squareWolfLinklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·4 months agoSpecifically trying to do something will get it done a lot faster than waiting for it to happen by chance.
minus-squareAbe Froman@mastodon.me.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 months ago@WolfLink and that’s how evolution works, is it?
minus-squareWolfLinklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down4·4 months agoYes it is, in fact. Tiny, random variations, which typically take millions of years to end being a noticeable change.
minus-squareAbe Froman@mastodon.me.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up8·4 months ago@WolfLink note how nothing there is “trying” to do anything
minus-squareWolfLinklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down4·4 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-squareearthquake@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·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