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The analogy with the scientific method is prescient. We’re just as interested in when the theories don’t work as when they do. I recently asked an AI if a bui
by gorgoiler 2y ago
The analogy with the scientific method is prescient. We’re just as interested in when the theories don’t work as when they do.
I recently asked an AI if a build tool supported managing Python dependencies. It showed me a code snippet with something called pip_import() in it. No such function exists but it’s anathema to that particular system to say “I’m afraid I can’t do that, gorgoiler”.
Yet!
- dr_dshiv 2y agoIt’s like when it cites scientific papers that don’t exist. They probably should!
- tetris11 2y agoI've been quite impressed by perplexity AI. It doesn't cite papers, but it does cite the web sources it's mined. I don't think papers are that far away.
- moffkalast 2y agoAI accidentally mentions a paper that doesn't exist, so it frantically scrambles to write it, tests the theory, submits it to a journal, hacks into their approval system, fakes reviews, and sends it to print before the user can check the sources. "Whew, that was a close one."
- rollcat 2y agoWhat? An LLM that verifies facts? Even humans don't do that!
- moffkalast 2y ago<thinking> blocks are a pathway to many abilities... some consider to be unnatural