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Sorry Ted Chiang, humans aren't very original either
Where and how will humans show the eminence of our species when AI becomes better than us at everything? I feel sort of desperate for some human-centric optimism here because the whole project of being human feels really weird as our specialness becomes automated.
A couple of observations. First, I do think the last mile is the most difficu
... See morefrom Ben’s Perspective Part 2: A Few Thoughts About Chatgpt With Ben Horowitz by Ben Horowitz
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- In the most practical sense, we are now much less limited by ideas than ever before. Even people who don’t consider themselves creative now have access to a machine that will generate innovative concepts that beat those of most humans (though not the most creative ones). Where previously, there were only a few people who had the ability to come up ... See more
from Automating Creativity by Ethan Mollick
This is a common error, which existed long before AI. In fact, generating (or selecting) good ideas is a key challenge. LLMs so far seem to be about as good as the internet at generating lots of quite generic ideas - those who can select the ones that match their context (and yes, then, execute on them) are the ones who will have a chance to succeed.