ByteJunk @ ByteJunk @lemmy.world

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Time for some pipes to go boom boom.

At some point, you need to tilt the table a bit, because if you're the only one playing by the rules, you're getting fucked.

And that script. I'm curious how you implemented it.

I have been using Mint for a long while now, and I've been very happy with it. Can't say I've felt the need to try anything else...

I mean, technically the time that the bible implies anal sex is bad is that time where some guys from Sodom wanted to rape a couple of angels who were disguised as men.

It strikes me that the lack of consent would be the issue here, yet somehow the takeaway for religious people is that gay bad? I don't e

I'll grab us a nice cup of tea and a blanket, and we can reminisce about the days we could get up from the sofa without pulling one muscle or other.

But what about second lunch?!

Good Jarvis.

Be sure to use plenty of lube.

Lies! I know you've memorized 23 lines in the Wayward Queen attack up to move 19.

I'm scared to ask, but is there context to this?

Yes.

Those CD loading screens made me long for my cartridges, to be fair...

But then how can you tell that it's not an actual conscious being?

This is the whole plot of so many sci-fi novels.

I'll bite.

How would you distinguish a sufficiently advanced word calculator from an actual intelligent, conscious agent?

Let me grab all your downvotes by making counterpoints to this article.

I'm not saying that it's not right to bash the fake hype that the likes of altman and alienberg are making with their outlandish claims that AGI is around the corner and that LLM are its precursor. I think that's 100% spot on.

But the news article is trying to offer an opinion as if it's a scientific truth, and this is not acceptable either.

The basis for the article is the supposed "cutting-edge research" that shows language is not the same as intelligence. The problem is that they're referring to a publication from last year that is basically an op-ed, where the authors go over existing literature and theories to cement their view that language is a communication tool and not the foundation of thought.

The original authors do acknowledge that the growth in human intelligence is tightly related to language, yet assert that language is overall a manifestation of intelligence and not a prerequisite.

The nature of human intelligence is a much debated topic, and this doesn't particularly add to the existing theories.

Even if we accept the authors' views, then one might question if LLMs are the path to AGI. Obviously many lead researchers in AI have the same question - most notably, Prof LeCun is leaving Meta precisely because he has the same doubts and wants to progress his research through a different path.

But the problem is that the Verge article then goes on to conclude the following:

an AI system might remix and recycle our knowledge in interesting ways. But that’s all it will be able to do. It will be forever trapped in the vocabulary we’ve encoded in our data and trained it upon — a dead-metaphor machine. And actual humans — thinking and reasoning and using language to communicate our thoughts to one another — will remain at the forefront of transforming our understanding of the world.

This conclusion is a non sequitur. It generalizes a specific point about the capacity of LLMs to evolve into true AGI or not, into an "AI dumb" catchall that ignores even the most basic evidence that they themselves give - like being able to "solve" go, or play chess in a way that no human can even comprehend - and, to top it off, conclude that "it will never be able to" in the future.

Looking back at the last 2 years, I don't think anyone can predict what AI research breakthroughs might happen in the next 2, let alone "forever".

Very. But the main issue is that there's no wind or water around, even gravity is wimpy. This compounds the problem.

So, on one hand, there's no erosion to smooth the sand particles, so it's not really sand, it's more like very small shards of very sharp glass, that stay that way forever.

Since there's no wind or water or even proper gravity, once it sticks to you, it's not letting go. Even minimal electrostatic forces make you a magnet for these sharp shards, so now you're coated in a layer of extremely abrasive particles that you're not getting rid of, and eventually it'll get into your suit and kill you.

I really feel the need to share this concern, especially because I'll probably forget it soon, but I see that somehow I missed what you were saying, and if I share this fascinating fact with you now I'm in even deeper trouble, so I'll just take the loss here and apologise...

I heard every single word you said, I swear. My brain just decided that it needed that space to ponder just how fine moon dust is while you were speaking, so your audio was never processed.

But we can try again if you want!

I've worked at large (5k+ workers) companies that were running Windows XP well into the late 2010's, with matching hardware. That was too extreme (goddamn ie6).

But this article makes me sick. If the economy needs people to throw away perfectly usable goods and buy new ones, the problem isn't the people, it's the fucking economy. It's time to take a step back and rethink the system, because it's gonna implode.

Same. I don't think he is my brother.

I'll make a bold prediction that we won't have 25 months this year either. Maybe next century.