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OpenAI’s Strawberry will turn you into paperclips any day now (pivot-to-ai.com)

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

That’s not how it works now but it’s a weird assertion to make about an unknown new generation of AI.

Your quote is about LLMs, not "an unknown new generation of AI". Research on LLMs dates back at least to 1990s, they're neither new nor unknown.

What Strawberry apparently is, is a machine that reasons, which is NOT similar to what Open-AI ever claimed ChatGPT ever was.

Sammy boi claimed waaay wilder things than just "it reasons" about his grift so gtfo, this is some incredibly disingenuous apologetics for OpenAI.

Also, "apparently" is such a load-bearing word there.

[–] Donkter 1 points 2 months ago

You're very correct! Any quote I could have taken from the article was about LLMs, and that's my entire point. The Strawberry project from open ai specifically uses tools on their LLMs, so it's weird to me to dismiss the project by pointing out flaws in LLMs that openAI specifically recognizes and is using other methods to overcome (or so they claim)

https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/openai-working-new-reasoning-technology-under-code-name-strawberry-2024-07-12/

And "apparently" is a very load-bearing word. I don't think AI does nearly as much as anyone thinks but I also don't think it's been claimed to do very much by the company. I would love to get an article from you about Sammy boy claiming that current AI reasons and does more. All the articles I could find with interviews with him was him talking about the future of AI and usually about AGI.