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How funny if we eventually come full circle and such knowledge bases end up like low-background steel in the economy of AI training. Either way, Eurisko remains
by thom 2y ago
How funny if we eventually come full circle and such knowledge bases end up like low-background steel in the economy of AI training. Either way, Eurisko remains one of the most interesting pieces of software ever created. I'd be fascinated if someone managed to create some sort of chain of thought system based on its heuristics but driven by modern LLMs. I don't think this is the direction in which AGI lies, but in the right domains it could be a powerful exploratory or debugging system.
- AstralStorm 2y agoFunny thing, early deployments of a few Garbage Producing Transformers, and the base will be drowned out by the mess created and even humans will have problems telling what is right, much less a machine. Ever increasing amount to work out what is sense and what is a convincing lie. Dead Internet Theory is already in motion.
- entropicdrifter 2y agoThis was already true of the internet. IMO staying within relatively curated spaces keeps the occurrence of this kind of noise low. The issue of the public not being able to tell truth from fiction has existed since the beginning of society. Every improvement in communications technology has led to a massive increase in propaganda and confusion that spikes and then eventually levels out as people learn to tune it out. Increasing the rate at which people can deploy lies has happened many times in history. This is just one more instance.
- thomastjeffery 2y agoThe ultimate irony of all these ontological portraits is that they are each so isolated that no matter how much I actively read about them, I keep finding completely new rabbit holes. If it weren't for your comment, how could I have heard or read about Eurisko?