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submitted 19 hours ago by dgerard@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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this took me all day, but it's a banger if i do say so myself - watch the video first

podcast probably tomorrow

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[–] Architeuthis@awful.systems 10 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

AI is the product, not the science.

Having said that:

Alignment research: pseudoscience
AGI timelines: pseudoscience
Prompt engineering: pseudoscience
Problem solving benchmarks: almost certainly pseudoscience
Hyperscaling: borderline, one could be generous and call it a failed experiment
Neural network training and design fundamentals: that's applied maths meets trial and error, no pseudo about it
I'm probably forgetting stuff