AI is actually legit, but it should be referred to as neural networks

[mogger123]

required reading: https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2023/02/what-is-chatgpt-doing-and-why-does-it-work/

ive changed my mind, now that I have a better understanding of how ai actually works i no longer believe it's a scam. the fundamental idea is very basic and intuitive: create a function with literal billions of incterconnected parameters (mimicking strucutre of human brain) and then feed it all the data (pairs of inputs and outputs) you can get your hands on in order to estimate these parameters. the function should then converge to the functioning of a human brain (for a particular task). it's legit just like OLS but on a ridiculous order of magnitude.

it's also important to understand the limits of AI. because neural nets are attempting to replicate the functioning of the human brain, they will be very good at typical human tasks (image recognition, chatbots, creating art etc) but they cannot go beyond the simple proccesses of our brain. they will not advance our scientific or technological understanding of the universe. they will still revolutionize our world by creating insane efficinecy gains from getting computers to do many typical human tasks and improve our QoL, but nothing like a technological singularity will happen

 

[JackTheKnife]

but they cannot go beyond the simple proccesses of our brain.

Give it time. You will change your mind on that one too.

 

[mogger123]

Give it time. You will change your mind on that one too.

they theoretically cannot because they are converging to the functioning of a typical human brain. we would need to have a whole different approach for anything beyond that

 

[JackTheKnife]

they theoretically cannot because they are converging to the functioning of a typical human brain. we would need to have a whole different approach for anything beyond that

Give it time. It will. The future always seems impossible.

 

[mogger123]

Give it time. It will. The future always seems impossible.

no, the future will be exactly the same as now and technology will beve rproigress

 

[JackTheKnife]

I don't like the way I worded the post.