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Can't read the article. Does he mean it's a problem in search of a solution then? Or does he mean it's "the exact opposite of a solution, in search of a problem

by injb 3y ago

Can't read the article. Does he mean it's a problem in search of a solution then? Or does he mean it's "the exact opposite of a solution, in search of a problem" (in other words, a problem in search of a problem)?

hayksaakian 3y ago
I think what he's trying to say is it's capable of solving more problems than we think.
- dragonwriter 3y ago
  That is implying that we haven’t actually found the problems for it to solve yet, which would make it a solution in search of a problem where PG is optimistic about the outcome of the search. What I think he is trying to say is that it is a solution that addresses a broad range of problems that are clear now but weren’t envisioned by its creators, which is both impossible given the early claims (its creators already billed it as a general solution with easentially no limits) and, even if you ignore those claims and reduce it to a question of it being broadly applicable as a solution, generally premature (most of the more specific things it is billed as a solution for it hasn’t solved, though some people might have ideas, not yet proven jn practice, of how it can be a component of a solution).
TSiege 3y ago
Here's a link to the full quote on xitter. "AI is the exact opposite of a solution in search of a problem. It's the solution to far more problems than its developers even knew existed." https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1689874390442561536 https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1689874390442561536
saltcured 3y ago
The exact opposite could be a non-solution trying to evade all problems. ;-) And that's why I personally don't have much faith in the LLM approach. Natural language is too full of ambiguity to pretend it delivers meaning. It makes oblique references to meaning, based on awful assumptions about the audience and presumed mental context. I see enough absurd miscommunication and word salad between native speakers. I really don't want a magic box to vaguely emulate this.

by injb 3y ago

hayksaakian 3y ago

I think what he's trying to say is it's capable of solving more problems than we think.

dragonwriter 3y ago
That is implying that we haven’t actually found the problems for it to solve yet, which would make it a solution in search of a problem where PG is optimistic about the outcome of the search. What I think he is trying to say is that it is a solution that addresses a broad range of problems that are clear now but weren’t envisioned by its creators, which is both impossible given the early claims (its creators already billed it as a general solution with easentially no limits) and, even if you ignore those claims and reduce it to a question of it being broadly applicable as a solution, generally premature (most of the more specific things it is billed as a solution for it hasn’t solved, though some people might have ideas, not yet proven jn practice, of how it can be a component of a solution).

TSiege 3y ago

Here's a link to the full quote on xitter. "AI is the exact opposite of a solution in search of a problem. It's the solution to far more problems than its developers even knew existed." https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1689874390442561536 https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1689874390442561536

saltcured 3y ago

The exact opposite could be a non-solution trying to evade all problems. ;-) And that's why I personally don't have much faith in the LLM approach. Natural language is too full of ambiguity to pretend it delivers meaning. It makes oblique references to meaning, based on awful assumptions about the audience and presumed mental context. I see enough absurd miscommunication and word salad between native speakers. I really don't want a magic box to vaguely emulate this.