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> Or why can't others see the obvious? Because I've been told a lot of things, and I'd be a fool if I believed them all. I'll believe ChatGPT is onto somethin
by smoldesu 4y ago
> Or why can't others see the obvious?
Because I've been told a lot of things, and I'd be a fool if I believed them all.
I'll believe ChatGPT is onto something when I ask it to think about a treatment for cancer and get real results. For now, it's only capability is synthesizing realistic text. Easy enough to be mistaken for real thought, but clearly distinct when you ask it to do something novel.
- logicallee 4y agoConsider what would happen if you did ask it to think about a treatment for cancer and got real results. Clearly you would think it is just summarizing papers it read. That makes sense, since it is not a cancer researcher. So I'm way more impressed by ChatGPT than that. Even if it correctly data-mined and answered the question, it would not be that impressive. That's right: getting a cure from cancer when you ask is less impressive than what it actually does. Because what it actually does is show the ability to judge novel situations, to invent and act creatively, and to keep abstract notions in its head. That is much more impressive than spitting out a cure for cancer.
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- xvector 4y agoThat doesn't seem like a very robust Turing test. But ChatGPT is indeed able to reason about cancer treatments at least as well as your average human.