Peter GleickJul 12, 2023

I see everyoine is (rightly so) ripping on Musk's new all-male xAI effort to "understand the true nature of the universe."

But the real problem is AI can't tell us anything new beyond what scientists have already figured out. It doesn't do any "thinking" or actual research or anything new; it simply regurgitates re-formulated ideas based on the science of what we already know.

What is MIGHT produce, especially since Musk is leading this, is garbage speculation unsupported by evidence.

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@petergleick It is actually not true that the only thing ai can do is “regurgitation”. That point of view seems to suggest that “true creativity” is only possible by humans.

Watch the documentary on alphago, which is one of the illustrations how #ai goes beyond human knowledge.

Having said that, I agree that a don’t expect much from the #xAI initiative, but that has more to do with the involvement of #musk

#artificialintelligence #creativity

Jul 13, 2023 at 5:33amWeb