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0 pointssheeshkebab2y ago0 comments

Why then all the talk about AGI when fundamentals don’t even allow for it to emerge.

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Because "AGI" is very poorly defined, and ChatGPT is very "general" (compared to everything before it) and matches some (but not all) definitions of "intelligent".

jakobson142y ago

Because drumming up talk about AGI is a really great way to get funding for your startup. The tech industry sustains itself on hype.

ben_w2y ago

Not only but also.

anon2912y ago

Because transformers et al have gotten us the closest we've ever been to any system that can even claim to be AGI.

FeepingCreature2y ago

First make it work; then make it efficient.

jakobson142y ago

Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they should that they didn't stop to think if they could.

drdeca2y ago

... seems potentially better than the other way around? Well, I suppose it depends.

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ben_w2y ago

Because "AGI" is very poorly defined, and ChatGPT is very "general" (compared to everything before it) and matches some (but not all) definitions of "intelligent".

jakobson142y ago

Because drumming up talk about AGI is a really great way to get funding for your startup. The tech industry sustains itself on hype.

ben_w2y ago

Not only but also.

anon2912y ago

Because transformers et al have gotten us the closest we've ever been to any system that can even claim to be AGI.

FeepingCreature2y ago

First make it work; then make it efficient.

jakobson142y ago

Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they should that they didn't stop to think if they could.

drdeca2y ago

... seems potentially better than the other way around? Well, I suppose it depends.

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