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by gwbas1c 20 days ago
Regarding the first: I just accidentally had my AI introduce an argument to some methods; and then I realized that the argument name was the opposite of what it did.

If the AI had more understanding of language, it probably would have come back and said, "would you like to name it XXX instead?"
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JamesSwift 20 days ago
An AI doing a bad job is not the same as it wasnt able to do a good job. I would bet if you asked it if its a good name it would figure it out, and give a logical argument on why to change it. Im not going to ascribe that to "intelligence" but I do think its a bit existential in terms of what it implies for our definition of "intelligence".
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gwbas1c 19 days ago
No, it wasn't a matter of AI needing to come up with an argument name. It's a matter of the difference between a trusted assistant who can catch mistakes, vs a sycophant who just does what their told and doesn't catch mistakes.

I need a trusted assistant, not a sycophant.

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JamesSwift 19 days ago
OK well the initial wording seems like you are presenting this as an inherent limitation. "Has a personality that I dont agree with" is a different critique than "fundamentally does not understand"

> If the AI had more understanding of language, it probably would have come back and said, "would you like to name it XXX instead?"

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