songstar13 t1_j58shuh wrote on January 21, 2023 at 5:11 AM

Reply to comment by Surur in How close are we to singularity? Data from MT says very close! by sigul77

Thank you for the more detailed explanation! I was definitely underestimating how much more complex some of these AI models have become.

songstar13 t1_j57nunw wrote on January 20, 2023 at 11:41 PM

Reply to comment by Surur in How close are we to singularity? Data from MT says very close! by sigul77

You can ask a translator a question about the world and if they have knowledge on that topic then they can answer you with certainty.

Current GPT models are basically a super-powered predictive text bot that answers questions. It would be like trying to answer a question using the suggested words on your phone keyboard but far more sophisticated.

They are fully capable of lying to you or giving inconsistent answers to the question because they don't "know" anything other than patterns of word association and grammar rules.

At least, this was my understanding of them fairly recently. Please correct me if that has changed.

songstar13 t1_j272y3k wrote on December 30, 2022 at 2:58 AM

Reply to Budget Struggles: Can't Afford my car, but can't live without one by dannyj611

Priorities are out of whack but also i have a pay as you go plan with Verizon that is unlimited on everything (talk, text, and data) for about $50 a month so there is potential huge savings on the phone bill.