Re:Ask HN: Will reliance on GPT result in a local maximum of...
by markus_zhang on Thursday March 30, 2023 @01:15PM
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It might. What I can forsee is that children might be attracted to its immediate usage and simply stopped taking the effort to think through for homeworks and such. And this may decrease the average intellectual abilities of the whole generation.
Potential counter argument 1: We have had calculators, we have had computers, intellectual ability does not seem to decline. Why pick AI?
Answer to above counter argument: AI is way more than calculators and previous computer automations. I can see that maybe just in a few years GPT can do homeworks and assignments of every kind in a split of second, if without restrictions (for example it definitely cannot do chem labs). It's more powerful than its grandfathers. In additional, we cannot ignore the potential unlimited intellectual products AI can produce, such as anime and novels, whatever the quality, their sheer number poses an issue. Think about TikTok and other similar stuffs, but empowered by AI.
Potential counter argument 2: human society only relies on a few exceptional individuals, most people don't contribute to advance of science and technology.
Answer to above: first, exceptional people die, so we need replacements. We don't know how to grow them, that is, exceptional individuals may come from all backgrounds so we need the diversity. If one generation spends a lot less time in intellectual activities, it will impact the next generation. Second, we still need average people to contribute to science and tech because exceptional people can't do everything.
Potential counter argument 1: We have had calculators, we have had computers, intellectual ability does not seem to decline. Why pick AI?
Answer to above counter argument: AI is way more than calculators and previous computer automations. I can see that maybe just in a few years GPT can do homeworks and assignments of every kind in a split of second, if without restrictions (for example it definitely cannot do chem labs). It's more powerful than its grandfathers. In additional, we cannot ignore the potential unlimited intellectual products AI can produce, such as anime and novels, whatever the quality, their sheer number poses an issue. Think about TikTok and other similar stuffs, but empowered by AI.
Potential counter argument 2: human society only relies on a few exceptional individuals, most people don't contribute to advance of science and technology.
Answer to above: first, exceptional people die, so we need replacements. We don't know how to grow them, that is, exceptional individuals may come from all backgrounds so we need the diversity. If one generation spends a lot less time in intellectual activities, it will impact the next generation. Second, we still need average people to contribute to science and tech because exceptional people can't do everything.