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1. ck2 · 1790086398 · focus · HN ↗

   I would like to see an "AI" trained only up to knowledge through 1903

   Then see if it can come up with E=mc^2

   1. ekjhgkejhgk · 1790087933 · focus · HN ↗

      Phew, never have I seen in my life the goalposts move so fast.

      It seems like even yesterday that the threshold for impressing someone is that the machine would have to be good at pretending to be a person. Now the threshold is that they have to be able to invent special relativity.

      1. ck2 · 1790089796 · focus · HN ↗

         the idea is that it's math, so in theory it could be figured out by machine process

         but was there enough knowledge by 1903 to truly figure that out?

         or was it a leap in conscious realization that a machine could not emulate (yet)

         (pretending to be a person is harder than math imho, much harder)

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