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> Does this decouple progress from our current understanding of the scientific process? Thank God! As a person who uses my brain, I think I can say, pretty def
by sdwr 2y ago
> Does this decouple progress from our current understanding of the scientific process?
Thank God! As a person who uses my brain, I think I can say, pretty definitively, that people are bad at understanding things.
If this actually pans out, it means we will have harnessed knowledge/truth as a fundamental force, like fire or electricity. The "black box" as a building block.
- tantalor 2y agoThis type of thing is called an "oracle". We've had stuff like this for a long time. Notable examples: - Temple priestesses - Tea-leaf reading - Water scrying - Palmistry - Clairvoyance - Feng shui - Astrology The only difference is, the ML model is really quite good at it.
- unsupp0rted 2y ago> The only difference is, the ML model is really quite good at it. That's the crux of it: we've had theories of physics and chemistry since before writing was invented. None of that mattered until we came upon the ones that actually work.