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.
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.
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.
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.
True. And even if we did, most of them would be super racist, anyway. Just like chatbots from a few years ago!
Wait, maybe we do have the necessary technology…Hooray? Lol.
They might mimic those things in a convincing fashion in a few years but there wouldn’t be a reason for them to exist. There’s no person behind the curtain, or inside the multilayered, statistically-weighted, series of if statements.
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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.
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.
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.
True. And even if we did, most of them would be super racist, anyway. Just like chatbots from a few years ago!
Wait, maybe we do have the necessary technology…Hooray? Lol.
Can’t wait to ask my dead grandma to write a Python script for me
Socrates character AI is no fun. He isn’t clever or insightful or skeptical.
As I said, wait a few years. The technology is rapidly advancing.
They might mimic those things in a convincing fashion in a few years but there wouldn’t be a reason for them to exist. There’s no person behind the curtain, or inside the multilayered, statistically-weighted, series of if statements.