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by worrycue 4y ago
> Do you have any solutions to the (admittedly theoretical ) existential problems that will likely arise ? I guess we can develop super AI then ask it to solve it. :P
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by worrycue 4y ago
But the statistics they learn is exactly what they use to deal with noise.
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by worrycue 4y ago
> considering it's only the beginning. Some of us are just burned out on the hype cycles and prefer not to count our chicks before they hatch.
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by worrycue 4y ago
I wonder why he doesn't have a secretary. Isn't he like one of the top mathematicians in the world? Why the heck are they having him do drudge work?
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by worrycue 4y ago
> Take for example in philosophy of mind where qualitative descriptions of the colour red are more relevant to the discussion than quantitative descriptions of it, such as it’s frequency on the electromagnetic spectrum. How is it more re
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by worrycue 4y ago
> Or if no one can define or agree on the definition those subjects should just be ignored by everyone? Don't see why we can't have multiple mutually exclusive definitions, as long as they are clearly defined, then we can have
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by worrycue 4y ago
They do teach statistics in undergrad engineering though.
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by worrycue 4y ago
You can't have a sound argument if the argument isn't valid though. A sound argument is just a valid argument with premises that are true.
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by worrycue 4y ago
> We have tendency to create simplified model of the world, make logical inferences on it and then ignore actual messy real world evidence when it contradicts our theories. That's not the world of engineering - the "E" in
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by worrycue 4y ago
> data is qualitative I always felt that just means it's poorly defined. If you can't precisely define what exactly it is you are arguing about and what are the premises in play then we are just wasting everyone's time. &g
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by worrycue 4y ago
> Anecdotally I've seen people coming from a heavy STEM background struggle with nuance and ambiguity more than people coming from a well-rounded or heavy humanities background. Engineers deal with ambiguity all the time. They do so
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by worrycue 4y ago
I really wonder what do the people in humanities consider “critical thinking”. Mathematics and formal proofs are the epitome of logical thought IMHO - while arguments in the humanities often don’t have the same level of rigor; nor are their
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by worrycue 4y ago
I think that’s the way the US AF has always operated - a high low mix; a handful of expensive ultra capable “mission” aircraft with lots cheaper mass produced ones for “routine” use. E.G. F-15 vs F-16 The F-22 vs F-35 was suppose to fit tha
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by worrycue 4y ago
Whatever the intent or lack of, the result is the same, people are being given incorrect information.
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by worrycue 4y ago
Seems worse to be frank. The webpages Google search delivers might be filled with falsehood but google search itself does its job of finding said pages which contain the terms you inputted fairly reliably. With GPT, not only there’s a chanc
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by worrycue 4y ago
Yet they still can’t get it to shut the hell up if it doesn’t know and to not make shit up to pad its answers.
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by worrycue 4y ago
A lot of your examples you can just google search for the answer - and at least google won’t hallucinate; worst case the websites are wrong but GPT’s training data can be wrong too.
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by worrycue 4y ago
> Who's going to vote their government out or jam things up with filibuster? Losing an election in the US just means you are out of a job - and lose all its perks. Losing power in an authoritarian government could mean you are arres
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by worrycue 4y ago
Clearly Haskell since you are binding to Rust in Haskell.
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by worrycue 4y ago
> make way more unfavorable social comparisons I wonder if this is a huge part of it. Instead of only having to measure up to your local friend group, who are more likely than not to be close to you in living standards and upbringing, yo
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by worrycue 4y ago
> Legal professionals that work on boilerplate could see simple contract generation being taken away from them for instance, and even run-of-the-mill developers could see themselves competing against much cheaper app/website generat
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by worrycue 4y ago
> What is guiding its decisions? That’s will be the most important part of AGI design. The ultimate goal of all AGI in existing should be “to be of service to (specific) human(s)”. It’s crucial that we do not create entities that will co
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by worrycue 4y ago
People are bearish for 2 reasons IMHO. LLMs are in many people’s opinion overhyped. Their capabilities are overhyped.* People don’t trust the powers to be to use AI to benefit the masses. Instead of the Star Trek-like utopias, we are more l
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by worrycue 4y ago
I think people just expect Star Trek TNG’s ship computer or Data. To some extend, LLMs have some of the properties ascribed to those fictional AIs like the ability to access a wide amount of knowledge. They lack the precise rigorous thinkin
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by worrycue 4y ago
> Our freedoms are what make us different from them Don't the US gov already have the power to arbitrarily sanction and restrict trade with foreign countries? e.g. You cannot sell to nor buy from people in North Korea. Banning all s
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by worrycue 4y ago
> VPN providers may also find themselves in hot water if an adventurous prosecutor wants to make a case that the VPN provider is “aiding and abetting” simply by providing a service that can be used to circumvent the law. I'm not ent
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by worrycue 4y ago
Personally I’m more worried that TikTok can be used to manipulate public option the way FaceBook was used by Cambridge Analytics.
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by worrycue 4y ago
I wonder if this will be the silver lining of AI-generated spam. Online information might plummet in value due to reduced signal-noise ratio. People will become harder to read and manipulate.
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by worrycue 4y ago
> you can't expect companies to wait decades until the government has decided what is allowed and what isn't I think if it’s not outlawed then it’s allowed. In this case, they should probably hire lawyers to work out if what th
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by worrycue 4y ago
We get our expectations from fiction. AIs in shows like Star Trek are precise and accurate - the perfect complement to the unreliability of humans. That’s what we want.

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