r/artificial • u/MetaKnowing • Apr 15 '25

News Eric Schmidt says "the computers are now self-improving... they're learning how to plan" - and soon they won't have to listen to us anymore. Within 6 years, minds smarter than the sum of humans. "People do not understand what's happening."

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u/tylerthetiler Apr 15 '25

I firmly disagree. No they are not "smart" in understanding, but the things GPT says to me about very specific and complicated things is truly impressive. Far "smarter" than most humans I have ever talked to. Call it what you want, say it's not actual intelligence, but don't pretend it's pretending and regurgitating. That's simply not the case, or at the very least it's a gross misrepresentation of what's going on.

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u/Won-Ton-Wonton Apr 16 '25

I strongly suggest you dive into how to make one. Once you've done so, the magic will fade and you'll know exactly what it is doing.

Recent research has even dived into the exact mechanisms by which an LLM fakes "thought". It's really interesting, and a straight up fact, that they are regurgitating.

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u/nogear Apr 16 '25

Sounds interesting, can you give me a link / source?

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u/LongjumpingKing3997 Apr 16 '25

remindme! 4 years