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Think. Again.

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5. I think it's obvious from the hallucinations and off-topic rambling...

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #4)

Sun Jul 20, 2025, 08:16 PM

Jul 20

...that all the computer is doing is putting together random reactions to human queries that are only as fine-tuned as the amount of work humans have put in beforehand.

Edit to add:

The only credit I'll give to current AI is, it's a great syntax machine. In American English, anyway.

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The more I learn about AI.... Think. Again. Jul 20 #1

No, it is the real deal, but it *IS* being oversold and a bubble has formed. Bernardo de La Paz Jul 20 #2

How is it the 'real deal' if it isn't computers giving answers... Think. Again. Jul 20 #3

Because computers ARE giving answers. You err as to who is compiling what. Bernardo de La Paz Jul 20 #4

I think it's obvious from the hallucinations and off-topic rambling... Think. Again. Jul 20 #5

And you would be wrong. It does much more than fine tuning. Bernardo de La Paz Jul 20 #8

Basically a bunch of super-fast monkeys with typewriters... Think. Again. Jul 21 #10

Nonsense. Do you know how an artificial neuron works? How a network of them work? I think you do not Bernardo de La Paz Jul 21 #11

I think you're right... Think. Again. Jul 21 #12

AI usefulness depends on the granularity of labels used. BadgerKid Jul 20 #6

Yeah, just another brand of snake oil. Think. Again. Jul 20 #7

It's more like the categorizations prime the pump and the AI teaches itself, so granularity is less of an issue. .nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 20 #9

Data Proles BoRaGard Jul 21 #13