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Re:On the dangers of stochastic parrots: Can language models... by janalsncm on Saturday January 14, 2023 @04:39PM (#34384418)
I expect science to have a hypothesis which can be falsified. Otherwise it’s just opining on a topic. Otherwise we could just call this HN thread “research”.
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Re:On the dangers of stochastic parrots: Can language models... by joshuamorton on Saturday January 14, 2023 @04:42PM (#34384446)
Position papers are exceedingly common. Common enough that there's a term for them.
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Re:On the dangers of stochastic parrots: Can language models... by jasmer on Sunday January 15, 2023 @12:33AM (#34386987)
Science is 80% discussion, opining, thinking, reading etc.
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Re:On the dangers of stochastic parrots: Can language models... by janalsncm on Sunday January 15, 2023 @08:18PM (#34395624)
A lot of areas are made up of those things. Theology, for example. What sets science apart is testable hypotheses.
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