• funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    AI absolutely will not design machines.

    It may be used within strict parameters to improve the speed of theoretically testing types of bearing or hinge or alloys or something to predict which ones would perform best under stress testing - prior to acutal testing to eliminate low-hanging fruit, but it will absolutely not generate a new idea for a machine because it can’t generate new ideas.

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        6 months ago

        can

        might

        sure. But, like I said, those are subject to a lot of caveats - that humans have to set the experiments up to ask the right questions to get those answers.

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          6 months ago

          That’s how it currently is, but I’d be astounded if it didn’t progress quickly from now.

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            6 months ago

            OpenAI themselves have made it very clear that scaling up their models have diminishing returns and that they’re incapable of moving forward without entirely new models being invented by humans. A short while ago they proclaimed that they could possibly make an AGI if they got several Trillions of USD in investment.

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              6 months ago

              5 years ago I don’t think most people thought ChatGPT was possible, or StableDiffusion/MidJourney/etc.

              We’re in an era of insane technological advancement, and I don’t think it’ll slow down.

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                6 months ago

                Okay but the people who made the advancements are telling you it has already slowed down. Why don’t you understand that? A flawed Chatbot and some art theft machines who can’t draw hands aren’t exactly worldchanging, either, tbh.

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                  6 months ago

                  There are other people in the world. Some of them are inventing completely new ways of doing things, and one of those ways could lead to a major breakthrough. I’m not saying a GPT LLM is going to solve the problem, I’m saying AI will.