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I fail to see how that last sentence makes it sound like a photoshop filter. Do you mean if you can express it as an algorithm it cannot be compared to human le
by thomashop 4y ago
I fail to see how that last sentence makes it sound like a photoshop filter. Do you mean if you can express it as an algorithm it cannot be compared to human learning?
What if we can reduce human learning to making predictions based on training data? Then it's not human learning anymore but more like a photoshop filter?
"Everyone knows that the term machine learning doesn't actually have anything to do with human learning, right?"
Do you have sources for that? They're not equal but I see a lot of parallels.
- greysphere 4y agoWhen someone successfully reduces human learning to predictions on training data, I will celebrate the Nobel prizes they are awarded for medicine, philosophy, and possibly physics and economics. Until then maybe we shouldn't just assert that it's true.
- thomashop 4y agoUntil then, we shouldn't just assert that it's false either. GPT-3 is coming quite close to being able to write novel convincing research papers. With GPT-4 and GPT-5 on the horizon I don't see why language models couldn't be significantly involved in winning a Nobel prize in the future. At least I wouldn't categorically exclude that possibility.