David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 6 months agoRemember how ChatGPT totally aced the bar exam? Wow! yeah, turns out that was just a liewww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up12arrow-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 · 6 months agomessage-square82fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareWolfLink@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 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-squareEmbedded \n@mastodon.me.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 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-squareWolfLink@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoSpecifically trying to do something will get it done a lot faster than waiting for it to happen by chance.
minus-squareEmbedded \n@mastodon.me.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months ago@WolfLink and that’s how evolution works, is it?
minus-squareWolfLink@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoYes it is, in fact. Tiny, random variations, which typically take millions of years to end being a noticeable change.
minus-squareEmbedded \n@mastodon.me.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months ago@WolfLink note how nothing there is “trying” to do anything
minus-squareWolfLink@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 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.
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.