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0 pointseurasiantiger3y ago0 comments

New knowledge synthesized from existing knowledge. For example, you might know of A and B and maybe think that A -> B or B -> A based on their co-occurrence, but an AI might make you realize that C -> A as well as C -> B.

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vba6163y ago

Ok, that's straightforward, I just don't care for the idea that AI can do it or even help.

You might synthesize new knowledge.

When ChatGPT produces new output, it's not synthesizing new knowledge. It can't even output the knowledge it was trained with, as long as it lacks the ability to tag it in a trustworthy way.

It's not that it's always BS, it's that it's almost always BS and if you don't know the answer in advance or independently, you can't distinguish it from anything within the model.

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vba6163y ago

Ok, that's straightforward, I just don't care for the idea that AI can do it or even help.

You might synthesize new knowledge.

When ChatGPT produces new output, it's not synthesizing new knowledge. It can't even output the knowledge it was trained with, as long as it lacks the ability to tag it in a trustworthy way.

It's not that it's always BS, it's that it's almost always BS and if you don't know the answer in advance or independently, you can't distinguish it from anything within the model.

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