Let me suggest that much of our understanding of reasoning is not in the boxes that we think it is in.
Let me point you to this paper: https://yoheinakajima.com/task-driven-autonomous-agent-utilizing-gpt-4-pinecone-and-langchain-for-diverse-applications/ and let me suggest that you look at what he is doing with http://yohei.me and his twitter address http://twitter.com/yoheinakajima A bit shift has happened. We are still in the process of understanding what it means. On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 10:05 PM MC_Sequoia <[email protected]> wrote: > "Career sys-admins, take note. You may want to retrain as > a career re-trainer; many sys-admins may soon be looking > for new careers." > > Color me very skeptical. One large blind spot of AI is context and/or > situational understanding. > > A few examples. > > The AI that made a digital stick person fall on it's face then stand up on > its head and fall over again then repeat as the fastest way for the person > to get from point A to Point B. > > The AI security camera that was defeated by a group of Marines who snuck > up on it by posing as a cardboard box, bush, trashcan or just by doing > somersaults and not moving like a normal human being would. > > If I had a nickel for every time some newbie blew something up, whether > they be a sys-admin, developer, engineer, etc who didn't understand the > codebase, the problem, the network, the work flow, the use case, etc. > > There are many ways to solve any given computer problem and usually we > humans have preferences in terms of efficiency, cost, elegance, simplicity, > service disruption, time, etc. > > To me, that is the mark of intelligence. It's not just solving a given > problem but solving it in a way that takes many of those into account > and/or in order of priority and/or preference. > > I mean, has any problem posted on the PLUG list ever been solved without a > fairly robust discussion regarding taking at least a few things into > consideration? > > > > > > > > -- -- [image: www.seattleangelconference.com] <http://www.seattleangelconference.com/> *JOHN SECHREST* *Founder, *Seattle Angel Conference TEL (541) 250-0844 EMAIL [email protected] Schedule A Meeting <http://sechrest.youcanbookme.com/> http://seattleangelconference.com @nwangelconf An Investor driven event bringing together new investors and new entrepreneurs to expand the startup ecosystem.
