Was that English? Or did the rules of grammar change when i wasn't looking?
-Ben ------- Original Message ------- On Wednesday, March 29th, 2023 at 10:22 PM, John Sechrest <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
