“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 …
This makes strong claims about humans that are also false. Advocates can try to wriggle out by saying “well we don’t have a good definition of thinking, reasoning, intellence, etc” but that’s sophistry.
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Which claims does it make that are false?
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All the ones of the form “it did X” where X is some sort if human mental act. It didn’t.
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