• AnarchistArtificer@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    “Keep in mind, we have our own in-house models that are bloody fantastic, used for different sciences and research.”

    I’m a scientist who has become super interested in this stuff in recent years, and I have adopted the habit of calling the legit stuff “machine learning”, reserving “AI” for the hype machine bullshit

    • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today
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      5 months ago

      This hits hard. I was in college when I first learned a machine solved the double pendulum problem. Problem is we have no idea how the equation works though. I remember thinking all the stuff machine learning could solve. Then they over hyped these LLMs that are good at ::checks my notes:: chatting with you…