Re:AI knows things no one told it
by bheadmaster on Monday May 15, 2023 @03:36AM
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The most dangerous myth of modern society is that science is beyond the capacity of ordinary men. I strongly believe it's not.
The practice of science itself may be, as it takes years of research to get to the point where one can produce a new result. However, things that are already known can be taught, and iteratively simplified in a way that abstracts away details while keeping the core argument intact.
Take for example the claim that everything in the universe is made of atoms. It's not a trivial thing to understand, yet everyone accepts it nowdays because we've had so much time and effort put towards simplifying the theory and presenting it to people in a way that is easy to grasp.
If those LLM "experts" were truly experts, they could explain their point clearly without the dark-ages-church "trust the priests, peasant" act.
The practice of science itself may be, as it takes years of research to get to the point where one can produce a new result. However, things that are already known can be taught, and iteratively simplified in a way that abstracts away details while keeping the core argument intact.
Take for example the claim that everything in the universe is made of atoms. It's not a trivial thing to understand, yet everyone accepts it nowdays because we've had so much time and effort put towards simplifying the theory and presenting it to people in a way that is easy to grasp.
If those LLM "experts" were truly experts, they could explain their point clearly without the dark-ages-church "trust the priests, peasant" act.