| ▲ | xpe 3 days ago | |
Grain of truth acknowledged, though much exaggerated -- to the point of forgetting history. > No - you just got a glimpse of 2009 Google with autocomplete. Go look at the kinds of "answers" you got in 2009 with Google's autocomplete. Time to drop this convenient nicely-packaged narrative. > These things don’t think, don’t learn, don’t adapt. Perhaps some don't -- for some intentionally constructed definitions of these terms. Adding a feedback loop (chain of thought, etc) challenges even such definitions though. > if you expect parrots to run your company, you get birdshite for returns. If this is a reference to "stochastic parrots" metaphor, then I would encourage you to read these articles and HN comments below, which push-back against misunderstandings or overuse of that metaphor: [1]: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/HxRjHq3QG8vcYy4yy/the-stocha... [2]: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/7aHCZbofofA5JeKgb/memetic-ju... [3]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44299996 [4]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44926540 [5]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44967655 [6]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43676755 | ||