Re:OpenAI's GPT-3 may be the biggest thing since Bitcoin
by someguyorother on Sunday July 19, 2020 @05:36AM
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>What are humans except "text generation" machines?
Text generation doesn't chop wood, optimize speedruns, build machinery or win 100-metre dashes.
Text may be involved in training for these things, but to say that doing them is text generation would be like saying that... since compiling code and running AlphaZero both generates bits, AlphaZero is a compiler.
Re:OpenAI's GPT-3 may be the biggest thing since Bitcoin
by quotemstr on Sunday July 19, 2020 @11:38AM
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The ability to do these tasks is neither necessary nor sufficient for recognizing something as human. Helen Keller was human after all. What differentiates us is language.
Text generation doesn't chop wood, optimize speedruns, build machinery or win 100-metre dashes.
Text may be involved in training for these things, but to say that doing them is text generation would be like saying that... since compiling code and running AlphaZero both generates bits, AlphaZero is a compiler.