The way I (currently) understand AI and the LLM (Large Language Models) that they "train" on, is that it is more memorization than what we might call understanding. Sure it works well at stringing words together, but it seems what we're calling AI can't really do basic math yet.
Here's a good overview of what they're trying to figure out benchmarking AI. This may be paywalled, so if you can't read it, I can send the PDF. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ai-understanding-reasoning-skill-assess -- bp part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com On Mon, Sep 2, 2024 at 9:56 AM Ken Hohhof <khoh...@kwom.com> wrote: > So in 1983 a movie predicts that turning over important decisions to AI is > a bad idea. (Lots of others too, remember Skynet, and HAL? What was that > South African film with the police robots?) > > > > Now in 2024, AI is the greatest thing since sliced bread. > > > > My complaint isn’t so much that AI could destroy the world (although it > could). Or that it can write passable code or generate fake photos and put > humans out of work (which it can and does). > > > > Everybody talks about (and throws money at) applications like AI search, > which I find incredibly annoying. I don’t want AI “answers”, I want search > results. What is the cloud computing equivalent of “mansplaining”? Hey, > robot, give me the links and let me decide on the answer. I find > Microsoft’s CoPilot just as annoying as its predecessor Clippy. Bing > Search has become useless IMHO. Google isn’t quite as bad, but I still > don’t want the AI to tell me the answer, I want search results. Maybe I’m > not looking for an answer, I just forgot the URL for Chuck’s website, that > is supposedly the main reason people use Google, to get a link to a website. > > > > I feel like these tools are nowhere near as advanced as people claim, more > like grocery store self checkouts nagging “place your item in the bagging > area” or “help is on the way”. Or the ATM that says “we’re having a > problem” with no explanation what kind of problem or how to resolve it. > > > > What movies like War Games highlight is that AI can certainly do these > things, but it may do them poorly, with terrible consequences. And no > accountability (looking at you, full self driving mode). > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Rex McGuire > *Sent:* Monday, September 2, 2024 11:19 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] War Games > > > > WOPR - War Operation Planned Response > > > > If I remember correctly. > > > > Shall we play a game? > > > > On Sun, Sep 1, 2024 at 9:13 AM Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I remember the name of the computer: WOPR. > > -- > > bp > > part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com > > > > > > On Sat, Aug 31, 2024 at 2:46 PM Ken Hohhof <khoh...@kwom.com> wrote: > > Some here must remember that movie, right? Can you believe it’s from 41 > years ago? > > > > I was reminded of it when I saw this comic recently. Oh, and discussing > guest actors on OMITB the name Matthew Broderick came up and then Ferris > Bueller and then War Games. > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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