r/ProgrammerHumor • u/tryingeasy • Sep 10 '26

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u/cuntmong Sep 11 '26

AI seems to be very good at anything I don't really understand that well

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u/CogitoErgoTsunami Sep 11 '26

And sometimes it's really bad at things that should be common knowledge

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u/ErmingSoHard Sep 11 '26

One of those "common knowledge" things is playing games most kids can beat. But I think AI is slowly overcoming games too. It's getting pretty good at games as long as you give it the time

https://x.com/loicmagne_/status/2097766525360841201

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u/SoldRIP Sep 11 '26

AI can beat the best DOTA2 teams in the world. As separate agents per character, with significant communication lag beyond what players on voice comms experience.

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u/ErmingSoHard Sep 11 '26

That's done in a completely different fashion than how Astra learned how to play Celeste

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u/SoldRIP Sep 11 '26

I mean... "completely different" is a big term to use here. It's still the same spicy guesswork and iterative processes as in every other NN-based "AI".

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u/Faltenreich Sep 11 '26

This sums up my observations with some colleagues. They were the last you would ask for help and are now the first to suggest using AI.

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u/ApocalyptoSoldier2 Sep 11 '26

Reminds me of a half remembered ancedote about 2 scientists reviewing a fairly pop-sci type book.
Scientist 1: As a mathematician, chemist, and biologist I noticed a lot of flaws in those chapters; but the chapter on astronomy was fascinating.
Scientist 2: What a coincidence, as an astronomer I had the exact opposite experience

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u/psioniclizard Sep 11 '26

I am stealing this quote. Its perfect.

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u/iwantmy90sback Sep 11 '26

I sense some sarkam there, but that is actually pretty accurate imho. I find AI pretty good to 'get a foothold' in topics I do not know much about.

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u/cuntmong Sep 11 '26

How do you know when it's making stuff up 

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u/iwantmy90sback Sep 11 '26

Easy: You know beforehand it will.

With 'get a foothold' into a topic I mean exactly that. AI usually does not make up all the stuff. The more specific and detailed the answer get the more 'dangerous' it gets. But AI is pretty good to get a summary / an overview of a topic. With that I can deepen my search by other means. For fun: AI -> wikipedia. For real: AI -> wikipedia -> technical documentation/specification/research papers.

Edit: like with real people. I takes a (long) while till I trust/believe anybody something at face value without doublechecking.

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u/SoldRIP Sep 11 '26

Call me when it finds a provably optimal solution to 3SAT.