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1. aogaili · 1790086544 · focus · HN ↗

   If the problem was solved by anyone before or if a similar problem has been solved, then LLMs seem to be able to solve them which is an astonishing piece of technology.

   I'm personally not sure if it can come with original thinking and techniques to solve completely novel problems. For that, some imagination and thinking outside the box are required, and I doubt the current architecture can do any of this.

   1. mitthrowaway2 · 1790086708 · focus · HN ↗

      What's an example of a completely novel problem?

      1. skeptic_ai · 1790086993 · focus · HN ↗

         Anything that an ai can do is not novel /s

         1. aogaili · 1790087784 · focus · HN ↗

            Actually I think this is true, remove the s.

            Reminds of what Einstein said, imagination is more important than knowledge..might be his deepest insight ever.

            1. aogaili · 1790088607 · focus · HN ↗

               Here is his quote:

               "Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination encircles the world,” means that facts alone only describe what currently exists, while imagination allows us to discover what is yet unproven or unbuilt"

               This probably sums up the current AI limitation nicely.

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