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If you think these systems are going to be no more capable than a magpie, then I think you're making a very big mistake, the sort of mistake that in our lifetim
by theptip 4y ago
If you think these systems are going to be no more capable than a magpie, then I think you're making a very big mistake, the sort of mistake that in our lifetime could plausible kill millions of people.
ChatGPT can already write code. A magpie cannot do that.
- tptacek 4y agoThat's one of those capabilities that seems super scary if you truly believe that writing code is one of the most important things a human can do. Computers have, of course, been writing computer programs for a long time. Next thing you know, they'll be beating us at chess.
- pharrington 4y agoI think you're confusing importance with power.
- amptorn 4y agoCan it execute code?
- int_19h 4y agoIt can submit the code that it's written for execution if you tell it that it can, by utilizing specific markers in the output that get processed. There already are frameworks around this that make it possible to e.g. call an arbitrary Python function as part of answering the question.
- Zetice 4y agoThat’s an easy prediction to make; at worst you’re cautious. And it’s a powerful tool. Even staplers have rules around their use: no stapling people, no hitting people with a stapler, don’t use a staple to pick a lock, etc. But nobody blames the stapler, is my point.