3 ms·
I think that by that same logic, you could say human artists, writers, etc. don't create either, they just move existing matter (which typically isn't created n
by hunter2_ 3y ago
I think that by that same logic, you could say human artists, writers, etc. don't create either, they just move existing matter (which typically isn't created nor destroyed) from one place to another. You could also say an electric company doesn't generate electricity but merely converts other energy into it -- one of the most popular uses of the word "generator" yet the atoms/energy are already here; we just arrange/convert and call it generation. I must insist that sorting some things a certain way is widely known as generation/creation.
I can see how other words are a bit more precise, though. Synthesize, perhaps?
- thomastjeffery 3y agoWe think objectively about it. We have goals and intentions. We use logic. LLMs don't. The dirt in the ground sorts impurities from water, but we don't call it intelligent or generative. We call it entropy.
- krageon 3y agoThis is a human supremacy argument, essentially claiming that because we have a "soul" or because of something inherent in us that cannot be proven we are better than something else. You are free to believe this, but it is a matter of faith. Not of any sort of reasoning.
- hunter2_ 3y agoYep. I'm not much of a religious person, but if I were, I might say: not only does AI not create stuff, humans don't either, only the Creator did! I suppose the big bang theory doesn't stray far from this either. Point is, maybe we use this notion metaphorically/imprecisely even for human output, and therefore we might as well extend it to machines.