Silvestron

Silvestron OP t1_j6odcec wrote

I think there will always be a discussion on where to set the bar on what's considered intelligence, but the bar has to be set somewhere, because if anything that is alive is to be considered intelligent then there'd be no point in talking about what intelligence is. Even plants have learned through evolution to point the leaves towards the sun. Should we consider that intelligence too?

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Silvestron OP t1_j6oad9q wrote

Computers are machines, merely calculators. I'd not say a calculator is smart because it can do advanced math operations faster than any human being ever could.

I wasn't talking about AI in general, only about ChatGPT. While the definition of what intelligence is can be subjective, my frustration was more about the focus ChatGPT gets on things that are beyond its capabilities, like giving correct information or doing math. That happens because people see how good it is at some very complicated things but it can't do extremely basic things.

Maybe I should have used better words to express myself, but what I meant is that people seem to expect ChatGPT to be AGI, which is not.

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Silvestron OP t1_j6mr28d wrote

I guess there will always be room for interpretation on what intelligence is since after all is just a label we put on things. What I was thinking though was something like intelligence in animals and how that's considered intelligence without necessarily comparing animals to human beings.

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