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What do you think of AI? (piefed.blahaj.zone)
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[–] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This kind seems like it's basically what I said? I think there's too much ambiguity around the term "artifical intelligence". When I said "AI" (with quotation marks), I was referring to the tech bros' "gen-AI".

I disagree, however, with the idea that artificial intelligence is superset of machine-learning. While all computers were once considered a form of artificial intelligence, the same cannot be said now.

The idea of artificial intelligence is quite nebulous. I can't recall the source, but I've heard that even the loom was once considered to be akin to the human brain. Honestly, I think humans just like comparing new technology to our brains, and we'll eventually move past referring to machine-learning as artificial intelligence.

*adjusts glasses*

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    This kind seems like it’s basically what I said?

    My mistake, I associated what you said as

    (machine learning) is not the same as (“AI” (LLMs, presented as beings capable of thought))

    (aka LLMs aren't ML) rather than

    machine learning is not the same as “AI” e.g. (LLMs, presented as beings capable of thought)

    (aka LLMs are ML, and when presented as a replacement for humans they are AI)

    Either way, I believe there is some value in comparing even simple decision making technology to the human brain. After all, we are capable of making those sorts of decisions as well. Tbf I may be biased by my internal mental model of coding, where I imagine describing a set of steps, relations, abstractions, etc to an entity with an extremely direct manner of interpretation.

    My personal moral of (seemingly malicious) language ambiguity is to avoid the term AI altogether.

    Thanks for the discussion!

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    My personal moral of (seemingly malicious) language ambiguity is to avoid the term AI altogether.

    Oh, it's definitely malicious.

    Tbf I may be biased by my internal mental model of coding, where I imagine describing a set of steps, relations, abstractions, etc to an entity with an extremely direct manner of interpretation.

    Interesting. I'm unsure what my internal mental model of coding is. I guess I just kinda... feel the code? I wonder if it's because I'm autistic, but things like programming and mathematics feel very natural and intuitive to me. They're logical, predictable, and rule-based.

    Thanks for the discussion!

    Likewise: this has been such a pleasant internet interaction; a rare occurance.

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