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> (1) the huge majority of what people are calling AI these days is in fact machine learning. [...] > (2) machine learning does not create any new knowledge. I
by randcraw 1y ago
> (1) the huge majority of what people are calling AI these days is in fact machine learning. [...]
> (2) machine learning does not create any new knowledge. It rearranges information you have already obtained [...]
I do wish more folks who hype AI/ML as a means to revolutionize science would acknowledge point #2 and address it before their next clueless claim. Until ML can propose novel scientific hypotheses AND validate them, AI will continue to advance ONLY technology, as a tool does, but not science, as a theory does.
- metalcrow 1y agoWhat is the difference between creating new knowledge and rearraigning existing knowledge? Everything is built on everything else after all, knowledge doesn't spontaneously generate. A lot of famous proofs, for example, are mostly existing information applied in new and unique ways. But i do agree, validation of claims is currently out of reach.
- sureIy 1y agoPardon the newbie question, but isn't any "new" book/research a rearrangement of information you already obtained? Nobody invents anything starting from quarks. Like with infinite monkeys, something will eventually turn up.