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AI scientists make ‘exciting’ discovery using chatbots to solve maths problems - Breakthrough suggests technology behind ChatGPT and Bard can generate information that goes beyond human knowledge (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] CanadaPlus@futurology.today 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Aren't we monkeys selectively bred to correctly solve problems?

The fact that we have no idea how ChatGPT internally works remains, but by every empirical measure we can come up with it shows intelligence. This story specifically shows very straightforwardly that it's not just copying our work, either.