NotACryptoBro t1_jeewqdm wrote on March 31, 2023 at 2:49 PM

Reply to comment by yeah_i_am_new_here in Thought experiment: we're only [x] # of hardware improvements away from "AGI" by yeah_i_am_new_here

>but I don't really think we have any idea what consciousness is or where it comes from

Or if we only think it exists, idk

NotACryptoBro t1_jedh74s wrote on March 31, 2023 at 5:36 AM

Reply to comment by wiredwalking in Thought experiment: we're only [x] # of hardware improvements away from "AGI" by yeah_i_am_new_here

>Great things can come from simple, collective mechanisms

That's the point: the brain isn't simple. Last breakthrough was a complete map of a worm's 'brain'

NotACryptoBro t1_jedh4ec wrote on March 31, 2023 at 5:36 AM

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>Truthfully, I don't think we can create consciousness, if that's what you received from my post.

That's actually what I thought, because you wrote that "In my understanding, AGI is the representation of generalized human cognitive abilities in software so ..."

NotACryptoBro t1_jedgztg wrote on March 31, 2023 at 5:34 AM

Reply to comment by SlurpinAnalGravy in Thought experiment: we're only [x] # of hardware improvements away from "AGI" by yeah_i_am_new_here

"I don't think you understand how it works, it's not a simple auto complete. The people making these models don't even understand how it works anymore, how would you?"

That's ~~OP's~~ response :D

edit: it wasn't OP, just a random know-it-all

NotACryptoBro t1_jedgx94 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 5:33 AM

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> The people making these models don't even understand how it works anymore, how would you?

Haha, good one. Dunning Kruger in full action

NotACryptoBro t1_jeaya8c wrote on March 30, 2023 at 6:16 PM

Reply to Thought experiment: we're only [x] # of hardware improvements away from "AGI" by yeah_i_am_new_here

GPT is just building rows of words based on probabilities. You guys are giving all that way too much credit. Please first learn about how AI / machine learning works and start discussions after that.