SMBC [2013-09-09]

[sortekanin@feddit.dk]

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[facedeer@fedia.io]

We've already got LLMs that can simulate conversing with those dead people to some degree, I wouldn't say they're beyond the reach of any technology. In a few years they might be good enough simulations that you can't tell the difference.

[xanthrax@lemmy.world]

This was how conversations went with my dad when I was about 6. He'd wake up at 3am, smash a block of cream cheese, wonder into my room, leaving the door open, and then emphasize the importance of mathematics. Otherwise, apparently, I'd kill an astronaut.

[cypher@lemmy.world]

LLMs are no better than speaking to a clever parrot. It might say the correct words but has no understanding and so there is no value in teaching it beyond a petty parlour trick.

[dragonfucker@lemmy.nz]

Socrates character AI is no fun. He isn't clever or insightful or skeptical.

[dasus@lemmy.world]

"Parrots only repeat" is a pretty archaic view in regards to animal psychology, though.

LLM's are glorified chatbots but parrots can actually understand even. To what extent, that's very much debatable.

Here's a good set of videos from Nativlang on the subject https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmkQLDJdhJI&list=PLc4s09N3L2h2lYeVD6pmax3f7qiHxyq3k

[facedeer@fedia.io]

As I said, wait a few years. The technology is rapidly advancing.

[cypher@lemmy.world]

I was absolutely being unfair to parrots to get my point across, I apologise to all our feathered friends.

[dasus@lemmy.world]

Thank you.

[tacosanonymous@lemm.ee]

I feel like my knowledge would be too basic. I’d get the gist of it but not well enough to replicate and they’d just humor me bc they'd think I’m special.

[jeebaichow@lemmy.world]

Oh well done. Now I'm feeling warm and fuzzy.

[qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website]

good enough simulations that you can't tell the difference.

This requires us having actual conversations with those dead people to compare against, which we obviously can't do.

There is simply not enough information to train a model on of a dead person to create a comprehensive model of how they would respond in arbitrary conversations. You may be able to train with some depth in their field of expertise, but the whole point is to talk about things which they have no experience with, or at least, things which weren't known then.

So sure, maybe we get a model that makes you think you're talking to them, but that's no different than just having a dream or an acid trip where you're chatting with Einstein.

[agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works]

One of my favorites

[osrsneedsf2p@lemmy.ml]

People downvoted you but I don't think they touched on the main idea; I don't want to show Einstein modern physics for my entertainment, I want to teach it so he can be amazed.

[mannycalavera@feddit.uk]

I was expecting the baby to pee in his face or something. Why have you tricked me into feelings, internet? Why?

[riodoro1@lemmy.world]

Just give him a tablet with youtube kids on 24/7.

[zementid@feddit.nl]

This so wholesome...

[drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world]

daily reminder i will die alone.

[sortekanin@feddit.dk]

Can't wait to ask my dead grandma to write a Python script for me

[rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world]

No, they are beyond the reach of any technology. An Isaac Newton themed chatbot isn't actually the spirit of Isaac Newton. It's a chatbot.