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Ask HN: Does GPT-4 signal the start of the singularity?
- KenPainter 4y agoNo
- Kelamir 4y agoWhat's the singularity?
- 082349872349872 4y agocf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity
- thfuran 4y agoHas there been any indication that it's better at designing models than its designers?
- yehosef 4y agoHere's an article that seems to indicate yes: https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-unpredictable-abilities-emerging-from-large-ai-models-20230316/ https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-unpredictable-abilities-e...
- sys42590 4y agoTechnological singularity is very precisely located at the point in time when technology can / could continue to exist and develop without humans. This is clearly not the case right now. The invention of LLMs is surely closer to that hypothetical point in time than the invention of steam machines or iron swords, but even nowadays technology is still very dependent on a working human society to continue functioning.
- yehosef 4y agoI've never heard of this definition of the singularity. Wikipedia (for whatever that's worth) defines it as follows: "The technological singularity—or simply the singularity[1]—is a hypothetical future point in time at which technological growth becomes uncontrollable and irreversible, resulting in unforeseeable changes to human civilization." Humans could still be in the loop but the AI enables changes that exceed our ability to predict or contain them.
- sys42590 4y agoI agree with the Wikipedia definition, but I assume once technology has the ability to develop without humans, it will develop without humans.There won't be much elapsed time between these two events.
- gregjor 4y agoI don’t know but I’m in disguise as a paperclip just in case.