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russ_watters replied to the thread Is A.I. more than the sum of its parts?.It would be silly to believe the field hasn't made progress, and I never said that. Please don't read past what I've said or put words... -
russ_watters reacted to Dale's post in the thread Is A.I. more than the sum of its parts? with
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Sure. The debate is more about whether the word “agency” should be used to describe that. I am just saying that these words (agency and... -
russ_watters reacted to javisot's post in the thread Is A.I. more than the sum of its parts? with Like.
100% agree. AI hallucinations are not a creative and positive process. It's a malfunction and a loss of effectiveness. The fact that AI...
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russ_watters reacted to Dale's post in the thread Is A.I. more than the sum of its parts? with Like.
Yes. And because we cannot currently pinpoint the source of the malfunction it is one that we cannot directly resolve. We have a long...
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russ_watters reacted to berkeman's post in the thread Other Is having bad resources from university normal? with Like.
No need for any reporting of that. I think the motivation for guessing what the OP meant was based on the slow replies from the OP...
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russ_watters reacted to Dale's post in the thread Is A.I. more than the sum of its parts? with Like.
There are ongoing debates on this topic both in psychology (how much of what we think is a conscious decision is actually a...
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russ_watters reacted to Dale's post in the thread Is A.I. more than the sum of its parts? with Like.
We don’t know if humans have agency. We have trouble defining and reliably measuring intelligence in humans. One thing that I think is...
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That is a philosophical question https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_room does a pocket calculator understand the commutativity of...
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russ_watters reacted to webplodder's post in the thread Is A.I. more than the sum of its parts? with Like.
Well, IMO, even the most straightforward systems can become unpredictable if you run them long enough. Nothing is totally predictable...
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russ_watters replied to the thread Looking for movies where mathematics actually matters.I'll vote for The Imitation Game.
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russ_watters reacted to Borek's post in the thread Is A.I. more than the sum of its parts? with Like.
Google for "emergent properties". And this basically boils down to eons old discussion between reductionists and their opponents. Don't...
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russ_watters replied to the thread Is A.I. more than the sum of its parts?.Do I have access to the internet/google and a large time handicap? If so, then I like my odds. But that wouldn't prove I'm very...
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russ_watters reacted to PeroK's post in the thread Is A.I. more than the sum of its parts? with
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That's just avoiding the question. The fact that somebody, somewhere decided wrongly that a dumb machine was intelligent shouldn't... -
It is kinda sad that not enough people are interested in space. Yeah, I know things are going off the rails in 2026 (AI stuff and wars)...
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russ_watters reacted to PeterDonis's post in the thread Is A.I. more than the sum of its parts? with Like.
If we don't know the answer for our brains, I don't see how we could usefully answer the question about computers (whether running...