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okwhatnow3773 · 2024-10-24T05:30:48 1729747848

I agree. Some people think Google is sentient I guess? Data retrieval and mangling is not all we do, luckily.

okwhatnow3773 · 2024-10-24T05:29:41 1729747781

Indeed, the constant goal shifting is tiresome.

I mean, we first put up a ladder and we could reach the peaches! Next, we put a ladder next to the apple tree and we could pluck those. Now, in their incessant goal post moving people said, great, now setup a ladder to the moon. There is no reason to assume this won’t work. None at all. People are just complaining and being angry at losing their fancy jobs.

More specific: it cannot learn, because it has no concept of learning from first principles. There is no way out, not even a theoretical one.

okwhatnow3773 · 2024-10-24T05:23:02 1729747382

You can also ask Google to produce working code for you, it’s a miracle.

What you are looking at is mangled other people’s work. Great. Thanks AI, for digging it up, but let’s not get too excited here.

I’ll be getting excited when we give it some first principles and it can actually learn on its own.

ainiriand · 2024-10-24T07:34:30 1729755270

Isn't that AGI?

I completely disagree with this viewpoint. I've created terminal games with my own rules, and that shows me the tool can take what it knows about Rust and assemble code to complete a task. It's essentially doing the same thing a human would.

While I understand the criticism, I sometimes feel that the cynical perspective we bring into these discussions prevents us from offering more meaningful critique.