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Why making pretend people with AGI is a waste of energy (www.theregister.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (3 children)

The headline was confusing and reading the article doesn't really clear things up. I don't think Gill is imagining the same sort of "pretend person" that I would want out of AGI. What I want is a personal assistant that knows me extremely well, is able to tirelessly work on my behalf, and has a personality tailored to my needs and interests. It should be general enough to understand me on a personal level and do a good job anticipating what I want.

That would not at all be a waste of energy to me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Depends on how much energy it takes. If it takes more resources than it frees, then I'd say it is not worth it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I am quite sure it'll cost less than it would to hire a human for the job.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm talking about the energy and resources to actually create and provide this service.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

So am I.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

knows me extremely well, is able to tirelessly work on my behalf, and has a personality tailored to my needs and interests.

Those may still be ANI applications.

Today's LLM's marketed as the future of AGI are more focused on knowing a little bit about everything. Including a little bit about how MRIs work and a summary of memes floating around a parody subreddit. I fail to see how LLM's as they are trained today will know you extremely well and give you a personality tailored to your needs. I also think commercial interests of big tech are pitted against your desire for "tirelessly work[ing] on my behalf".

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What I want is a personal assistant that knows me extremely well, is able to tirelessly work on my behalf, and has a personality tailored to my needs and interests.

and you're not concerned at all about this information being compromised and used against you?

phew.....

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Of course I'm concerned about it. That's why I would take measures to ensure the information is well protected. I already run local LLMs and image generators for most of the stuff I use AI for, both to ensure that I have control over what sort of outputs they generate and to keep any inputs I run through them private. An AGI assistant like what I'm describing is something I would want to run on my own hardware too.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Do you really think you'll be able to run a full fledged, real-feeling AGI on home hardware?

Perhaps an assistant, maybe...

but good on you for forethought.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Yes, I do. Perhaps not the current generation of hardware, but the chip manufacturers are currently throwing hundreds of billions of dollars into designing the next generation of AI-specialized hardware so I expect the next generation to be very impressive. The software has also been getting more efficient, making better use of the hardware that already exists. I've been experimenting a lot with it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What should we make pretend people with?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Play-Doh

Edit: And candy!