6 ms·

> I don’t need an ai to connect across ideas or come up with new hypothesis. This feels like hubris to me. The idea here isn't to assist you with menial tasks,

> I don’t need an ai to connect across ideas or come up with new hypothesis. This feels like hubris to me. The idea here isn't to assist you with menial tasks, the idea is to give you an AI generalist that might ne able to alert you to things outside of your field that may be related to your work. It's not going to reduce your workload, in fact, it'll probably increase it but the result should be better science. I have a lot more faith in this use of LLMs than I do for it to do actual work. This would just guide you to speak with another expert in a different field and then you take it from there. > In many fields, this presents a breadth and depth conundrum, since it is challenging to navigate the rapid growth in the rate of scientific publications while integrating insights from unfamiliar domains.

ttpphd 2y ago
Are you a scientist?
- OutOfHere 2y ago
  It is obvious that scientists are afraid for their job, that mere lab technicians will now be sufficient.
  - ttpphd 2y ago
    Witness the pure arrogance of tech bros
  - goatlover 2y ago
    Sure, as soon as managers replace software engineers by spending their working hours prompting LLMs.
iak8god 2y ago
> the idea is to give you an AI generalist that might ne able to alert you to things outside of your field that may be related to your work That might be a good goal. It doesn't seem to be the goal of this project.
coliveira 2y ago
> This feels like hubris to me. No, any scientist has hundreds of ideas they would like to test. It's just part of the job. The hard thing is to do the rigorous testing itself.
- the_snooze 2y ago
  >The hard thing is to do the rigorous testing itself. This. Rigorous testing is hard and it requires a high degree of intuition and intellectual humility. When I'm evaluating something as part of my resaerch, I'm constantly asking: "Am I asking the right questions?" "Am I looking at the right metrics?" "Are the results noisy, to what extent, and how much does it matter?" and "Am I introducing confounding effects?" It's really hard to do this at scale and quickly. It necessarily requires slow measured thought, which computers really can't help with.
mnky9800n 2y ago
I have a billion ideas, being able to automate the testing of those ideas in some kind of Star Trek talk to the computer and it just knows what you want way would be perfect. This is the promise of ai. This is the promise of a personal computer. It is a bicycle for your mind. It is not hubris to want to be able to iterate more quickly on your own ideas. It is a natural part of being a tool building species.

ttpphd 2y ago

Are you a scientist?

OutOfHere 2y ago
It is obvious that scientists are afraid for their job, that mere lab technicians will now be sufficient.
- ttpphd 2y ago
  Witness the pure arrogance of tech bros
- goatlover 2y ago
  Sure, as soon as managers replace software engineers by spending their working hours prompting LLMs.

iak8god 2y ago

> the idea is to give you an AI generalist that might ne able to alert you to things outside of your field that may be related to your work That might be a good goal. It doesn't seem to be the goal of this project.

coliveira 2y ago

> This feels like hubris to me. No, any scientist has hundreds of ideas they would like to test. It's just part of the job. The hard thing is to do the rigorous testing itself.

the_snooze 2y ago
>The hard thing is to do the rigorous testing itself. This. Rigorous testing is hard and it requires a high degree of intuition and intellectual humility. When I'm evaluating something as part of my resaerch, I'm constantly asking: "Am I asking the right questions?" "Am I looking at the right metrics?" "Are the results noisy, to what extent, and how much does it matter?" and "Am I introducing confounding effects?" It's really hard to do this at scale and quickly. It necessarily requires slow measured thought, which computers really can't help with.

mnky9800n 2y ago

I have a billion ideas, being able to automate the testing of those ideas in some kind of Star Trek talk to the computer and it just knows what you want way would be perfect. This is the promise of ai. This is the promise of a personal computer. It is a bicycle for your mind. It is not hubris to want to be able to iterate more quickly on your own ideas. It is a natural part of being a tool building species.