“Well, yeah, OK, so it’s a dumb algorithm that just splices together bits of text it found on the internet, but that’s all we humans do too, so it’s time to panic” is a nice illustration of my theory here about why people have ignorant opinions about AI:https://twitter.com/Meaningness/status/1096866752456060928 …
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People routinely use those words for describing all kinds of things they know are not capable of them. I've said my phone "is confused about where it is" when it lost its GPS signal. Intentional language doesn't imply belief in human equivalence.
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But afaict Scott is very deliberately asserting that equivalence.
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Other examples: “figured out” “understands that” “has skills” “precision of thought” “it learned what a gun permit was” “notice” etc. It can’t do any of those things!
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“capable of” I mean. Sorry for typos; I was on my phone and cooking lunch!
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