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I've read this paragraph a couple times - and what I find intriguing is how it's the sort of thing that GPT-3 can write based on the initial news statement. E

I've read this paragraph a couple times - and what I find intriguing is how it's the sort of thing that GPT-3 can write based on the initial news statement. Every sentence in it is somewhat tautological. Maybe I'm just more suspicious, but I can envision a time (uh, maybe it's already here?) when forums like HN start to get peppered with AI commentary... This sentence, though - seems to be without any basis: "Currently development of new products is going faster than we can understand the qualities and limitations of those products." I would think that in 2021 we know far more about the "qualities and limitations" of products under development - through virtue of more sophisticated testing, more sophisticated test equipment, and advanced analytical capability.

SmellTheGlove 5y ago
Funny, I had a similar reaction. The wording is just strange. Like on Reddit when bots are trying to create fud.
- hinkley 5y ago
  I'm having "MongoDB is webscale" flashbacks.
  - redwood 5y ago
    Was that brilliant guerilla marketing or just serendipity for them?
cromka 5y ago
> I would think that in 2021 we know far more about the "qualities and limitations" of products under development - through virtue of more sophisticated testing, more sophisticated test equipment, and advanced analytical capability. Not to mention that the current state of knowledge is based also on what we've learned so far about existing good and bad technologies.
m0llusk 5y ago
Carbon fiber airframes are new and have displayed unanticipated failures. Maybe they should have had more testing or more should have gone into reliable inspection and repair. We as a society may come to appreciate demonstrated robustness as much as novelty and efficiency.
- carabiner 5y ago
  What's 2 + 2?
  - mixedCase 5y ago
    GPT-3 can do some kinds of basic arithmetic. Specially so memetic calculations (if that's a thing) like 2+2.
- bityard 5y ago
  > Maybe they should have had more testing or more should have gone into reliable inspection and repair. Hindsight is so very easy to deploy from the comfort of the HN comments section. If everyone was this pessimistic, nobody would ever get things out of the R&D lab and into the real world.
  - hulitu 5y ago
    There are other industries beside "code fast, break things often and let the user test it". In some industries a test not done on time or skipped can cost later a lot of money.
    - thfuran 5y ago
      Aviation is already one of the most conservative industries there is.
- wishawa 5y ago
  What is today’s date?
xwdv 5y ago
I wasted time reading a paragraph by an AI? That comment should be downvoted, as should any AI generated comments.
hulitu 5y ago
You forgot quality tailoring. See Boeing for examples.

SmellTheGlove 5y ago

Funny, I had a similar reaction. The wording is just strange. Like on Reddit when bots are trying to create fud.

hinkley 5y ago
I'm having "MongoDB is webscale" flashbacks.
- redwood 5y ago
  Was that brilliant guerilla marketing or just serendipity for them?

cromka 5y ago

> I would think that in 2021 we know far more about the "qualities and limitations" of products under development - through virtue of more sophisticated testing, more sophisticated test equipment, and advanced analytical capability. Not to mention that the current state of knowledge is based also on what we've learned so far about existing good and bad technologies.

m0llusk 5y ago

Carbon fiber airframes are new and have displayed unanticipated failures. Maybe they should have had more testing or more should have gone into reliable inspection and repair. We as a society may come to appreciate demonstrated robustness as much as novelty and efficiency.

carabiner 5y ago
What's 2 + 2?
- mixedCase 5y ago
  GPT-3 can do some kinds of basic arithmetic. Specially so memetic calculations (if that's a thing) like 2+2.
bityard 5y ago
> Maybe they should have had more testing or more should have gone into reliable inspection and repair. Hindsight is so very easy to deploy from the comfort of the HN comments section. If everyone was this pessimistic, nobody would ever get things out of the R&D lab and into the real world.
- hulitu 5y ago
  There are other industries beside "code fast, break things often and let the user test it". In some industries a test not done on time or skipped can cost later a lot of money.
  - thfuran 5y ago
    Aviation is already one of the most conservative industries there is.
wishawa 5y ago
What is today’s date?

xwdv 5y ago

I wasted time reading a paragraph by an AI? That comment should be downvoted, as should any AI generated comments.

hulitu 5y ago

You forgot quality tailoring. See Boeing for examples.