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Sure but if a competing team built a quantum computer that could factorise huge numbers Aaronson would presumably not write a piece in the NYT about how it didn
by sebzim4500 4y ago
Sure but if a competing team built a quantum computer that could factorise huge numbers Aaronson would presumably not write a piece in the NYT about how it didn't actually count because <insert vague objection here>.
- oldgradstudent 4y agoWell, for years, he headed a small cottage industry dedicated to claiming D-Wave was not a real quantum computer. He was right it that case, similar to how Chomsky s right in this case.
- sebzim4500 4y agoThere is a very important distinction between the two cases. D-Wave have never been able to demonstrate a way in which their technology is actually useful whereas (for better or worse) people are actually using ChatGPT for their jobs/lives and claim it is valuable to them.
- oldgradstudent 4y ago> people are actually using ChatGPT for their jobs/lives and claim it is valuable to them. This is true for spreadsheets, word processors, and hydraulic presses. It does not make them AGIs, or has any bearing to Chomsky's argument (especially since he acknowledged that explicitly).