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322 points atomroflbomber | 2 comments | 03 Aug 23 08:12 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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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AbrahamParangi ◴[03 Aug 23 15:24 UTC] No.36987177[source]▶
What exactly is your definition of a AGI? Because we’re already passing the Turing test, and so I have to wonder if this isn’t just moving the goalposts.
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emmanueloga_ ◴[03 Aug 23 16:41 UTC] No.36988222[source]▶
Self consciousness. Human-level of reasoning. Feelings, etc.

We are NOT close to AGI.

* Fancy Markov chain (LLM) is not AGI.

* Stable diffusion style of image generation is NOT AGI.

* Fancy computer vision is NOT AGI.

Honestly, I don't think we are any closer to AGI. What we are seeing is the peak of "fancy tricks" for computer generated artifacts.

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mattwest ◴[03 Aug 23 16:59 UTC] No.36988484{3}[source]▶
Aren't we all just performing probablistic decision paths in our own minds? Would "feelings" improve decision accuracy in artificial systems?
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1. mattbuilds ◴[03 Aug 23 17:17 UTC] No.36988777{4}[source]▶
Obviously we can’t prove this, but my instincts are that we don’t do things with probabilistic decision paths. Not very scientific of me, but I just don’t buy that’s how we make decisions.
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2. Workaccount2 ◴[03 Aug 23 18:03 UTC] No.36989437[source]▶
There really isn't room for much else.

Decisions making in our universe is a 1-dimensional slider between deterministic and random. That's it.

Write a program that makes non-deterministic, non-random (or any combination) decisions. You can't. It's like asking to create a new primary color.