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The piece ironically misapplies the term "cargo cult" to mean something irrational, presumably because Levine has seen this work to spurn something in the past.
by drewcoo 3y ago
The piece ironically misapplies the term "cargo cult" to mean something irrational, presumably because Levine has seen this work to spurn something in the past. Cargo cult behavior means repeating the ostensible look/feel of something that worked before.
Intelligence has been constantly redefined over the years as other animals and then as mechanical means have met the previous standards for intelligence. Intelligence is a moving target. With no background in that, the author boldly declares that scientific thinking is the real goal . . . the real intelligence. It's a little hard to believe.
ACM clickbait?
- progrus 3y agoScientific thinking, or a generalized and incomplete algebra of reason, is exactly what you get from a GPT. Nothing more. Basically, I would argue that this article sees a real issue, but seems to get it backwards. All formal logical systems are incomplete and/or inconsistent. Scientific thinking is also shaped by reality - which army turned out to have the better ballistics, and so forth. Of course the next thing to chew on is: Are you just an “algebra of reason” too? I don’t buy that, but it’s a common belief.
- saltcured 3y agoIgnoring what anthropologists might say about our use of "cargo cult" as a derogatory term today, you make me wonder what an AI cargo cult should look like instead. Is it setting up a Turing Test chamber and leaving a seat open for the AI? Or trying to breed industrial robots? Or is it downloading someone else's model and trying to use it as a magic box without any concern for how it was trained nor any real intent to validate its output on your newly chosen domain?