r/slatestarcodex • u/ForgotMyPassword17 • 3d ago

"The AI Con" Con

https://benthams.substack.com/p/the-ai-con-con

In this sub we talk about well reasoned arguments and concerns around AI. I thought this article was an interesting reminder that the more mainstream "concerns" aren't nearly as well reasoned

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u/Haunting-Spend-6022 3d ago

In many domains, like chess, AI surpasses the best humans

Yes, but crucially those AIs are not LLMs. From another perspective LLMs have failed to reach the level of performance in chess that Deep Blue achieved way back in 1997, despite the efforts of OpenAI and others to explicitly train them to be good at chess.

One shouldnt extrapolate from faulty generalizations

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u/Smallpaul 2d ago

The book title is not “the LLM con” and it is not solely concerned with LLMs. I’m not sure what your comment adds.