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Re:Placing #1 in Advent of Code with GPT-3 by trekkie1024 on Sunday December 04, 2022 @05:56AM (#33852465)
I've been thinking along the same lines for a while, how is it that these models can do amazing things but we still can't keep up with eg. evolving COVID variants? All the while it seems more and more futile to aspire towards improving oneself creatively or learn a new field since AI could just "do it better (or will soon).
Re:Placing #1 in Advent of Code with GPT-3 by phkahler on Sunday December 04, 2022 @06:33AM (#33852672)
>> but we still can't keep up with eg. evolving COVID variants?

I believe that's a political problem. See Corbevax for something with broader protection that's not restricted to spike proteins. Then figure out why we can't get it. AI can't solve that.

Re:Placing #1 in Advent of Code with GPT-3 by _djo_ on Sunday December 04, 2022 @12:59PM (#33855957)
Well put. Aside from tools to enable remote work, which was already a strength area, big tech was woefully inadequate at providing rapid innovation to solve a major pandemic.

Indeed, all the major cash-flush companies doubled down on non medical, non quality of life improving technology.