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That’s like saying a biologist studying an endangered species isn’t doing science because the animal could disappear tomorrow. The permanence of a subject has n
by MattRix 3y ago
That’s like saying a biologist studying an endangered species isn’t doing science because the animal could disappear tomorrow. The permanence of a subject has no bearing on whether it is science or not.
The idea that science has to happen in a lab is of course absurd as well.
- dncornholio 3y agoI compare a paper on a GPT-4 prompt to a tutorial on how to use Photoshop. It's not science IMO.
- nicce 3y ago> That’s like saying a biologist studying an endangered species isn’t doing science because the animal could disappear tomorrow. The permanence of a subject has no bearing on whether it is science or not. The idea that science has to happen in a lab is of course absurd as well. The main point here is that anyone can likely start studing those endangered species and try to reproduce the results while in GPT4 it is not possible at all. The lab point is related to fact that we are talking about the software here.
- roguas 3y agoWhats not possible? Do they ban people for exploring sota model that they offer?
- nicce 3y agoThat is not reproducible research. To reproduce the research, you need training data, source code and all the parameters. With black-boxed generated models, there is no way to tell how they have been actually generated. It has no value for science to how to improve it further.
- mmcwilliams 3y agoIn the case of an endangered species a biologist would still have access to take samples from it and inspect it. Science doesn't have to happen in a lab but it's questionable to call something science when it involves hitting a black box endpoint which can change the underlying models and behaviors at a whim.