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> Transformer ANNs are dramatically dumber than cockroaches Source?
by josh-sematic 3mo ago
> Transformer ANNs are dramatically dumber than cockroaches
Source?
- Diogenesian 3mo agoMy source is "none of us have ever seen a robot that can navigate unfamiliar 3D spaces as well as a cockroach." If transformers were capable of the job we would have seen a smart robot by now. But all of our robots are truly mindless compared to the simplest insects. I will change my mind if someone demonstrates such a robot. Absent this demonstration, cockroach-level AI is still an unsolved problem. Given how ignorant and arrogant and wealthy AI researchers are, it will remain unsolved. I don't think anyone alive today will live to see a robot smarter than an ant.
- Al-Khwarizmi 3mo agoWe might as well say that none of us have ever seen a cockroach that can solve Erdos problems as well as an LLM. Or write code, or stories, etc.
- juanani 3mo ago[dead]
- throwaway7356 3mo agoThen one can claim that humans are less intelligent than a goldfish as "none of us have ever seen a human swim as well as a goldfish".
- thechao 3mo agoIt's around hour 20 of trying to breath that I start to really think the Goldfish has an edge on me.
- josh-sematic 3mo agoIf you buy the argument “If A can do X but B can’t, then B is less intelligent than A”, then you have just as strong of an argument that LLMs are more intelligent than cockroaches. When’s the last time you saw a cockroach solve an Erdös problem?