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There was nothing in this article that gets us closer to AGI that I can see, what is happening is what in data science we call "self-training" or "bootstrapping

There was nothing in this article that gets us closer to AGI that I can see, what is happening is what in data science we call "self-training" or "bootstrapping". Its nothing new and only kind of works. We've had at least three posts this week on "AGI" or "self-aware" AI. The only thing that changed in the last year is that our spell checkers have gotten a lot better and everyone seems to think that means we've taken a huge step toward actual AI, we haven't. I was as excited as the next guy but it turns out after a lot of testing and learning our newest "AI" is no closer in consciousness as our last go. Its weird and sad to see so many people thinking a spell checker is going to come alive.

raidicy 3y ago
I can't speak for anyone else however, I don't think that this is going to become self-aware or alive. I don't have the mental ability to really reason about what any of that means. My interest was in using this in a similar Vein on how someone might use Dwarf Fortress or rimworld to simulate social interactions. But in this case it would be a single entity. I would be lying if I said I didn't think that llms are touching some sort of intelligence. And that self-reflective loops might be some sort of piece in the puzzle. Ultimately I think any like groundbreaking emergent stuff coming out of these is going to be biased by our own language in it if there was kind of any magic emergence to be had. Making it impossible to actually test whether it's the real thing or not. This was probably just a long winded way to say I'm a weird and sad person
Aerbil313 3y ago
Many people including myself don’t expect or even care about a spell checker coming alive and attaining consciousness. Create an LLM that is as good as average SE in solving problems and I’ll happily call it AGI, because the outcome is the same.

raidicy 3y ago

I can't speak for anyone else however, I don't think that this is going to become self-aware or alive. I don't have the mental ability to really reason about what any of that means. My interest was in using this in a similar Vein on how someone might use Dwarf Fortress or rimworld to simulate social interactions. But in this case it would be a single entity. I would be lying if I said I didn't think that llms are touching some sort of intelligence. And that self-reflective loops might be some sort of piece in the puzzle. Ultimately I think any like groundbreaking emergent stuff coming out of these is going to be biased by our own language in it if there was kind of any magic emergence to be had. Making it impossible to actually test whether it's the real thing or not. This was probably just a long winded way to say I'm a weird and sad person

Aerbil313 3y ago

Many people including myself don’t expect or even care about a spell checker coming alive and attaining consciousness. Create an LLM that is as good as average SE in solving problems and I’ll happily call it AGI, because the outcome is the same.