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0 pointsjart3y ago0 comments

I personally find that makes it more astonishing, that it would slip up on knowing the most basic elements of the game, yet still be able to play better than most humans. Highly smart people sometimes say or do little things when foraying into other fields that causes domain experts think they're not one of them. But that usually doesn't stop smart people from having an impact in making a contribution with their insights. The question of illegal moves is superficial, since most online systems have guardrails in place that prevent them. At worst it's just an embarrassment and I don't think machines care about being embarrassed.

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Jensson3y ago

> Highly smart people sometimes say or do little things when foraying into other fields that causes domain experts think they're not one of them

This is the opposite of that, a highly trained but dumb entity that has seen many lifetimes worth of games but is still tripping up on basics. But since it is so highly trained you can mistake it for a master if you squint and don't look into what it is doing.

ogogmad3y ago

> But since it is so highly trained you can mistake it for a master if you squint and don't look into what it is doing.

But it is a master, as has been pointed out repeatedly. If you replace all illegal moves with resignations, and use the same style of prompt as the OP did, then it plays like an expert. I'm objecting because you're making it sound like it's a trivial result.

Jensson3y ago

> you're making this sound like it's a trivial result

I don't think this is a trivial result, emulating a highly trained idiot is still very impressive. But it is very different from an untrained genius.

ogogmad3y ago

You seem to have very rigid and boring definitions of the words "idiot" and "genius". The "AI effect" is real: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_effect

Tbh, I don't even know what you're saying.

[edit] OK, I might have misunderstood you. It's not always clear what people mean.

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Jensson3y ago

> Highly smart people sometimes say or do little things when foraying into other fields that causes domain experts think they're not one of them

ogogmad3y ago

> But since it is so highly trained you can mistake it for a master if you squint and don't look into what it is doing.

Jensson3y ago

> you're making this sound like it's a trivial result

I don't think this is a trivial result, emulating a highly trained idiot is still very impressive. But it is very different from an untrained genius.

ogogmad3y ago

You seem to have very rigid and boring definitions of the words "idiot" and "genius". The "AI effect" is real: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_effect

Tbh, I don't even know what you're saying.

[edit] OK, I might have misunderstood you. It's not always clear what people mean.

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