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0 pointsTeMPOraL8mo ago0 comments

Sounds like first decade or two of aviation, back when pilots were mostly looking at gauges and tweaking knobs to keep the engine running, and flying the plane was more of an afterthought.

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card_zero8mo ago

Sounds like spiritualism and ghost-hunting, such as the excuses made on behalf of the Cock Lane ghost in the 1760s.

When nothing happened, Moore told the group the ghost would not come as they were making too much noise. He asked them to leave the room ...

when a clergyman used a candle to look under the bed, the ghost "refused" to answer, Frazer claiming "she [the ghost] loving not light".

TeMPOraLOP8mo ago

Are we seriously arguing this in 2025?

Go to ChatGPT.com and summon a ghost. It's real. It's not a particularly smart ghost, but gets a lot of useful work done. Try it with simpler tasks, to reduce the chances of holding it wrong.

That list of "things LLM apologists say" upthread? That's applicable when you try to make the ghost do work that's closer to the limits of its current capabilities.

andrepd8mo ago

>current capabilities

The capabilities of LLMs have been qualitatively the same since the first ChatGPT. This is _precisely_ a hype post claiming that a future where LLMs have superhuman capabilities is inevitable.

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