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Re:GPT-4 by Jeff_Brown on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @07:33PM (#35161098)
> creativity and thoughtful reasoning, which are non-algorithmic and can't be accomplished by computers.

Maybe. When computers solve it then we'll know.

Re:GPT-4 by theodorejb on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @07:54PM (#35161417)
We may use computers as a tool to help us solve it, but nonetheless it takes a conscious mind to understand the conjecture and come up with rational ways to reach the solution.
Re:GPT-4 by flangola7 on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @10:50PM (#35163142)
Human minds are ultimately just algorithms running on a wetware computer. Every problem that humans have ever solved is by definition an algorithmic problem.
Re:GPT-4 by theodorejb on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @01:52AM (#35164410)
Oh? What algorithm was executed to discover the laws of planetary motion, or write The Lord of the Rings, or the programs for training the GPT-4 model, for that matter? I'm not convinced that human creativity, ingenuity, and understanding (among other traits) can be reduced to algorithms running on a computer.
Re:GPT-4 by flangola7 on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @02:50PM (#35172974)
They're already algorithms running on a computer. A very different kind of computer where computation and memory are combined at the neuron level and made of wet squishy carbon instead of silicon, but a computer nonetheless.

I don't see how it could be reasoned otherwise.