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dhamyesterday at 11:02 PM7 repliesview on HN

AGI? My guy, it's a text predictor slot machine. Very useful tool but will never be AGI.


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avmichyesterday at 11:10 PM

"I can state flatly that heavier than air flying machines are impossible. — Lord Kelvin, 1895"

I'm sure this doesn't apply to you since you're not Lord Kelvin. On the other hand, people like Peter Norvig state in a popular AI textbook that, for example, they don't know why similar concepts appear close by in the vector space, so maybe you just know something other people don't.

jtwalesonyesterday at 11:25 PM

Map problems to slot machines, guess enough slots and you're indistinguishable from GI.

kapluniyesterday at 11:09 PM

Said the biological text predictor…

0_____0yesterday at 11:08 PM

I'm not taking a position here but the person you're replying to stated that Anthropic are working on AGI, not that their current LLM offering will evolve into AGI.

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chpatricktoday at 1:23 AM

2021 called, they want their uninformed metaphor back.

seizethecheesetoday at 12:31 AM

He said “from a company working on AGI” which is true. Not to mention that the sarcastic nature of your comment is off putting

dentalnanobotyesterday at 11:12 PM

Pretty rich coming from an AGI that’s running on a bowlful of mildly electrified meat. Emergent properties, my guy.