David GerardM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish • 2 months agoRemember how ChatGPT totally aced the bar exam? Wow! yeah, turns out that was just a liewww.nytimes.commessage-square252fedilinkarrow-up1656arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1656arrow-down1external-linkRemember how ChatGPT totally aced the bar exam? Wow! yeah, turns out that was just a liewww.nytimes.comDavid GerardM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square252fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@WolfLink@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 months agoIf I practice trying to shoot hoops every day I’m going to get one in a lot sooner than you will just kicking at the ball every time you walk by.
minus-squareThwart Leaderlinkfedilink8•2 months ago@WolfLink so you’re saying there’s a measurable correlation between practicing a skill and getting better at it? Amazing What’s this got to do with the Big Averaging Machine?
minus-square@WolfLink@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish-1•2 months agoSpecifically trying to do something will get it done a lot faster than waiting for it to happen by chance.
minus-square@WolfLink@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish-1•2 months agoYes it is, in fact. Tiny, random variations, which typically take millions of years to end being a noticeable change.
minus-squareThwart Leaderlinkfedilink7•2 months ago@WolfLink note how nothing there is “trying” to do anything
minus-square@WolfLink@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish-1•2 months agoExactly my point. I’d expect humans trying to make something will get results on a timescale about a million times faster than evolution.
minus-square@earthquake@lemm.eecakelinkfedilinkEnglish14•edit-22 months ago about a million times faster than evolution Ah, so you also think intelligent AI is at least 4000 years away.
If I practice trying to shoot hoops every day I’m going to get one in a lot sooner than you will just kicking at the ball every time you walk by.
@WolfLink so you’re saying there’s a measurable correlation between practicing a skill and getting better at it? Amazing
What’s this got to do with the Big Averaging Machine?
Specifically trying to do something will get it done a lot faster than waiting for it to happen by chance.
@WolfLink and that’s how evolution works, is it?
Yes it is, in fact. Tiny, random variations, which typically take millions of years to end being a noticeable change.
@WolfLink note how nothing there is “trying” to do anything
Exactly my point. I’d expect humans trying to make something will get results on a timescale about a million times faster than evolution.
Ah, so you also think intelligent AI is at least 4000 years away.
lol