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Has it even been shown that the average human can generalize beyond their training data? Isn't this the central thrust of the controversy around IQ tests? For e
by cosmojg 3y ago
Has it even been shown that the average human can generalize beyond their training data? Isn't this the central thrust of the controversy around IQ tests? For example, some argue that access to relevant training data is a greater determinant of performance on IQ tests than genetics[1].
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkKPsLxgpuY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkKPsLxgpuY
- sudosysgen 3y agoJust because we can be genuinely creative in some way doesn't mean that having access to data doesn't make it easier.
- cosmojg 3y agoIndeed! And even then, can we be genuinely creative? As far as I can tell, everything is derivative.
- czzr 3y agoConsidering the human race bootstrapped itself from nothing, what’s your mental model here? Where did everything come from?
- cosmojg 3y agoRemembering the outcomes of accidents and remixing those memories to produce derivative works.
- kridsdale3 3y agoNature.
- throwaway092323 3y agoHumans and AIs both evolve as the result of some iterations dying. In both cases, we tacitly erase the ones who don't make it (by framing the discussion around the successful, alive ones). The difference is that humans have had a broader training set.