Re:Yann LeCun on GPT-3
by vannevar on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @12:08PM
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Yes, I think the focus on "getting to the moon,", to use his analogy, ignores the fact that GPT-3 is an SR-71 in a world of 19th century balloons. It may not get to the moon, but it definitely points the way to lots of useful stuff. There is a lot of boilerplate text in the world that is well-suited to auto-generation by a GPT-3-style model. And currently a lot of people employed to generate that text, at significant aggregate expense.
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Re:Yann LeCun on GPT-3
by cormacrelf on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @01:00PM
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I hate this concept. I have a lot of “boilerplate” real life interactions but I would never replace them with a robot. If people really think nuts and bolts writing is not a worthwhile enough endeavour for humans to do, then shame. What an immense forfeiture, to never again be surprised by a furniture catalogue.