David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 year agoRemember how ChatGPT totally aced the bar exam? Wow! yeah, turns out that was just a liewww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkRemember how ChatGPT totally aced the bar exam? Wow! yeah, turns out that was just a liewww.nytimes.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square82fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareNasal Tanner@mastodon.me.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year ago@frezik @HawlSera > We can likely get there orders of magnitude faster than evolution could [Citation needed]
minus-squareWolfLink@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year 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-squareNasal Tanner@mastodon.me.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year 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-squareWolfLink@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoSpecifically trying to do something will get it done a lot faster than waiting for it to happen by chance.
minus-squareNasal Tanner@mastodon.me.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year ago@WolfLink and that’s how evolution works, is it?
minus-squareWolfLink@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoYes it is, in fact. Tiny, random variations, which typically take millions of years to end being a noticeable change.
minus-squareNasal Tanner@mastodon.me.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year ago@WolfLink note how nothing there is “trying” to do anything
minus-squareWolfLink@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year 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-squareAmoeba_Girl@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoI mean, assuming it is at all possible (or rather that the problem even means anything), I suppose four billion years is a rather generous deadline.
@frezik @HawlSera
> We can likely get there orders of magnitude faster than evolution could
[Citation needed]
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.
I mean, assuming it is at all possible (or rather that the problem even means anything), I suppose four billion years is a rather generous deadline.