you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 0 points 1 month ago (1 child)

The software is there. The problem is hardware. The best in the world is stuff like the Boston Dynamics quadrupeds. They're good but not great. We can't quite replicate fast, fine motor function, especially for grasp-but-not-crush hands. And stuff like that burns battery power far too quickly for what modern battery packs can provide.

  • source
  • hideshow 1 child comment
  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    The software is not there. These systems don't actually think, they just pick one of the most likely next words (actually tokens), given the words they already have, in a loop until the most likely next token is 'end my turn, and let the user type'.

    They do this in a way that appears surprisingly "smart" because there's a ton of data backing the calculation of which tokens are most likely, and they are trained to make humans think they are giving a good answer. (An extremely different goal from "Give a good answer.")

    But they still make a ton of mistakes, known as hallucinations. This is unavoidable because of the statistical nature of the process. And because they aren't actually thinking and can't "care" if they generate something false.

  • source
  • parent