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322 points atomroflbomber | 2 comments | 03 Aug 23 08:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.419s | source
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lelag ◴[03 Aug 23 09:52 UTC] No.36983601[source]▶
If 2023 ends up giving us AGI, room-temperature superconductors, Starships and a cure for cancer, I think we will able to call it a good year...
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azinman2 ◴[03 Aug 23 15:06 UTC] No.36986942[source]▶
We’re not getting AGI anytime soon…
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ericmcer ◴[03 Aug 23 15:52 UTC] No.36987541[source]▶
Seriously, the google generative AI actively suggests completely inaccurate things. It has no ability to say: "I don't know", which seems like a huge failing.

I just asked "what does the JS ** operator do" and it made up an answer about it being a bitwise XOR. 1 ** 2 === 3. The fact that all these LLMs will confidently suggest wrong information makes me feel like LLM is going to be a difficult path to AGI. It will be a big problem if an AI receptionist just confidently spews misinformation and is unable to tell customers they are wrong.

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1. incrudible ◴[03 Aug 23 16:06 UTC] No.36987776[source]▶
> It has no ability to say: "I don't know"

So do many humans. The expression of ignorance and self-doubt must certainly be woefully underrepresented in training data.

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2. galangalalgol ◴[03 Aug 23 16:38 UTC] No.36988193[source]▶
Yeah, no one posts to say they don't know the answer. It is the smallest of the problems that come from using the internet to train. I realize these are just statistical text generators, but if we do end up training a real AGI on the internet I find that both apalling and terrifying. If I said my parenting strategy was to lock my genius newborn in a room with provided food and water and a web browser, you'd call me insane and expect my child to be a sociopath...