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Does the fact that sometimes graphic artists misinterpret commission requests imply that they are not conscious? People misunderstand each other all the time, a
by darawk 4y ago
Does the fact that sometimes graphic artists misinterpret commission requests imply that they are not conscious? People misunderstand each other all the time, and then play an interrogative game to try to synchronize their minds. That is, they ask questions.
DALL-E right now doesn't have the facility to ask questions, but iterating on the request statement is a bit of a proxy for it. I'd argue that this is exactly what understanding does in fact look like.
That isn't to say that DALL-E is AGI or conscious or anything like that. It's just to say that the mere presence of occasional misunderstanding is not a marker of un-intelligence. It's precisely when you are able to access the richness of symbolic reasoning that misinterpretation is at greatest risk, e.g. your calculator never misinterprets you.
- hooande 4y agowhat question does DALL-E ask to clear up the difference between "draw four penguins" and "draw six penguins"? how many iterations does it need to get "small red box on top of larger yellow box"? DALL-E is very good at matching words to pictures and combining the results in novel ways. It isn't intelligence and it isn't art, and never will be. It's a tool that humans can use to accomplish tasks. That has its own merit.
- native_samples 4y agoNot intelligent - maybe. Not art? How do you conclude that? The output looks like art to me.