Mastodawn

RE: https://mastodon.social/@mcc/116004809011481588

Anyway the reason I roll my eyes at most of the discussion about "AI", "AGI", "the singularity", "intelligence self-improvement feedback loop" is that like, it happened, it's already happened, it's been happening, it's us. We're it.

Kurzweil talked about lusting for a machine that can make him smarter. I have that, it's a piece of paper. I can write math on a piece of paper and solve problems I can't solve in my head. I can upload all the information in the world directly into my brain (books).

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mcc Feb 4

What "singularity" fanatics actually want is to not have to put in the work

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Neville Park

@mcc something I noticed when looking at LLM-generated theories-of-everything on Reddit. Many think that they can just have a physics idea (however poorly researched) and the LLM will just "do the math" for it, much like that one guy who has a great idea for a videogame or an app and just needs someone else to build it. They think LLMs even the playing field between academics and laypeople. But in reality the LLM is spitting out complete gibberish and there is no way to skip the "hard part".