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Probably an unpopular opinion: A probabilistic word generator is still a word generator. It might be slightly better next version, we've seen it get worse, its
by shmatt 3y ago
Probably an unpopular opinion:
A probabilistic word generator is still a word generator. It might be slightly better next version, we've seen it get worse, its more of the same
We can talk about AGI all we want, but it wont be built on the same technology as these word generators. There will have to be a technological breakthrough years before we even get close
The companies focusing on LLMs right now are dealing with
* Generate better words
* Make it cheaper to generate (use less compute)
* Find better training material
There is a ton of money to be made, but its still more of the same
- vanviegen 3y agoAnd humans are just human generators. In both cases, intelligence appears to be just an interesting emergent side effect.
- discreteevent 3y ago1996 Deep Blue beats Gary Kasparov: "And humans are just chess engines. In both cases intelligence appears to be just an interesting side effect"