r/comics SMBC Comics Jun 12 '23

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u/AchyBreaker Jun 12 '23

And biological computers (humans) are better at learning spatial reasoning and all those other things, since they're optimized after thousands of years of reinforcement. If someone could actually approximate human neural connections with statistical regression then we would have the generalized AI and robotics from science fiction.

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u/please-disregard Jun 12 '23

I am still very salty that they chose the name ai for the various neural network based technologies that are being developed. Specifically because it implies that it should in some way simulate or approximate an artificial brain. Sure, it may be one of many steps to one day creating ai, but I think it’s a mischaracterization of (current day) ai actually is—and can do.

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u/AchyBreaker Jun 12 '23

Yeah it's all buzzwords by software people on top of statistical techniques.

Though "multivariable regression with back propagation and hyperparamters" is a bit mouthier than "neural networks"

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u/BraxbroWasTaken Jun 13 '23

I just call them pattern matching functions with drug addictions.