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> All around you, just that it doesn’t make sense for developers to reveal that OK, but I asked for evidence and people just keep not providing any. "God is a

by amake 1y ago

> All around you, just that it doesn’t make sense for developers to reveal that OK, but I asked for evidence and people just keep not providing any. "God is all around you; he just works in mysterious ways" OK, good luck with that.

rvnx 1y ago
Billions of people believe in god(s). In fact, 75 to 85% of the world population, btw.
- amake 1y ago
  And?
  - fc417fc802 1y ago
    Obviously it's the basis for a religion. We're to have faith in the ability of LLMs. To ask for evidence of that is to question the divine. You can ask a model itself for the relevant tenants pertaining to any given situation.
- latexr 1y ago
  And not that long ago, the majority of the population believed the Earth is flat, and that cigarettes are good for your health. Radioactive toys were being sold to children. Wide belief does not equal truth.
- alganet 1y ago
  Billions of people _say_ they believe in god. It's very different. -- When you analyze church attendance, it drops to roughly 50% instead of 85% of the population: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_attendance#Demographics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_attendance#Demographics If you start to investigate many aspects of religious belief, like how many christians read the bible, the numbers drop drastically to less than 15% https://www.statista.com/statistics/299433/bible-readership-in-the-usa/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/299433/bible-readership-... This demonstrates that we cannot rely on self-reporting to understand religious belief. In practice, most people are closer to atheists than believers.
  - fc417fc802 1y ago
    That's rather silly. Neither of those things is a requirement for belief.
    - alganet 1y ago
      You can believe all you want, but practice is what actually matters. It's the same thing with AI.
- throwawayoldie 1y ago
  Reality is not a matter decided by majority vote.
okayoroof 1y ago
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by amake 1y ago

rvnx 1y ago

Billions of people believe in god(s). In fact, 75 to 85% of the world population, btw.

amake 1y ago
And?
- fc417fc802 1y ago
  Obviously it's the basis for a religion. We're to have faith in the ability of LLMs. To ask for evidence of that is to question the divine. You can ask a model itself for the relevant tenants pertaining to any given situation.
latexr 1y ago
And not that long ago, the majority of the population believed the Earth is flat, and that cigarettes are good for your health. Radioactive toys were being sold to children. Wide belief does not equal truth.
alganet 1y ago
Billions of people _say_ they believe in god. It's very different. -- When you analyze church attendance, it drops to roughly 50% instead of 85% of the population: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_attendance#Demographics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_attendance#Demographics If you start to investigate many aspects of religious belief, like how many christians read the bible, the numbers drop drastically to less than 15% https://www.statista.com/statistics/299433/bible-readership-in-the-usa/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/299433/bible-readership-... This demonstrates that we cannot rely on self-reporting to understand religious belief. In practice, most people are closer to atheists than believers.
- fc417fc802 1y ago
  That's rather silly. Neither of those things is a requirement for belief.
  - alganet 1y ago
    You can believe all you want, but practice is what actually matters. It's the same thing with AI.
throwawayoldie 1y ago
Reality is not a matter decided by majority vote.

okayoroof 1y ago

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