But at the same time generalized artificial intelligence is very likely possible and will be an absolute game-changer if and when it happens. It's easily of similar value to fusion technology.

And it is already bringing truly impressive results into reality - protein folding and diagnostic medicine come to mind.

[–] abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 5 months ago (7 children)

But at the same time generalized artificial intelligence is very likely possible and will be an absolute game-changer if and when it happens. It’s easily of similar value to fusion technology.

The "AI" we have now is basically advanced Autocomplete.

[–] Kachajal@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (6 children)

In the same way that computers are basically advanced abaci.

Don't confuse a simplification made to demonstrate the basic functioning to a layman with how things actually work.

LLM's are neural networks, which are based on a model of brain function. There's little reason to believe that we cannot eventually reach similar levels of effectiveness as human brains.

Hell - reaching the levels of pigeon brains would already be absurdly useful.

[–] pelotron@midwest.social 6 points 5 months ago

The problem is they're already talking about needing trillions of dollars worth of hardware to make it happen. It's absurd.

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