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Understanding Frontier Artificial Intelligence

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  1. kennywinker · · focus · HN ↗
    Color me skeptical. LLMs seem to make writing code faster, so of course that means that people can iterate on ideas faster, but I have yet to see actual creative output from an LLM that wasn't coached into it or random juxtaposition.
    1. aflinik · · focus · HN ↗
      Can you give me some examples of an actual creative output from a human that wasn't coached into it or random juxtaposition?
      1. slopinthebag · · focus · HN ↗
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        1. aflinik · · focus · HN ↗
          Looks like a juxtaposition to me.
          1. slopinthebag · · focus · HN ↗
            yes but not random
            1. aflinik · · focus · HN ↗
              sure. but to be fair, I don&#x27;t see a reason why AI couldn&#x27;t generate a non-random juxtaposition
              1. kennywinker · · focus · HN ↗
                How? Either you prompt it with “make me a ____” or you prompt it with “Generate a non-random juxtaposition”

                In the first case you are directing the creativity, in the second you can ask for non-random all you want but the output will be definitionally random based on the training weights and the temperature setting of the prompt.

            2. chrisjj · · focus · HN ↗
              How so? Does repeated input give the same output?
              1. slopinthebag · · focus · HN ↗
                yep
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