Re:Deepmind Alphadev: Faster sorting algorithms discovered u...
by krisoft on Thursday June 08, 2023 @10:41AM
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> My point is that there's no evidence that anything USEFUL or IMPORTANT has come from a system that has gotten so much hype
Geez. We are talking about pebbles on a wooden plank. They are not even colourful!
Go is super cool game, but it is that. Just a game. We are not talking about curing cancer, or solving world hunger, or reversing climate change here. So by the very formulation a Go playing AI can be cool, or interesting, or promising. But could it really be useful/important with all-caps? It sounds like you have too high expectations here.
Geez. We are talking about pebbles on a wooden plank. They are not even colourful!
Go is super cool game, but it is that. Just a game. We are not talking about curing cancer, or solving world hunger, or reversing climate change here. So by the very formulation a Go playing AI can be cool, or interesting, or promising. But could it really be useful/important with all-caps? It sounds like you have too high expectations here.