[ExI] On the speed of self-improvement

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On Fri, 12 May 2023 at 22:01, Gadersd via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> Bard replied -
> Yes, a self-optimizing AI could improve faster than humans can react.
> This is because AI can learn and improve at an exponential rate, while
> humans are limited by our biological capabilities.
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> Note the use of “our.” Bard seems to think it is a human (at least this case)! Google has some ironing out to do.
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That may be intended. Google wants Bard to be friendly and human-like.
Speaking in the third person all the time might turn people off using it.

Bard has received large updates in the past few days and more are
expected as Google does a frantic catch-up to the other chatbots.

>From one article -
Quote:
Fact #5:  Bard Is Powered by PaLM2 Technology which Has Its Roots In
LaMDA Technology

LaMDA, or Language Model for Dialogue Applications, is Google’s answer
to AI chatbots having conversations like human beings. It is a
conversation technology which Google describes as a “breakthrough”.
Language is fluid, complex and versatile—traits which humans have
naturally exhibited for centuries. These traits are the ones that
LaMDA strives to emulate in its conversation, which makes this
technology so impressive.
In other words, LaMDA aims to respond like how a human being would respond.

To make this happen, researchers and engineers made sure that LaMDA
was trained on dialogue in its development stage. This meant training
the technology to pick up the nuances that are crucial to having some
open-ended and continuous conversations.
As with all things, constant fine-tuning and development is key to
producing better technology than before. With regard to LaMDA, the
goal is to constantly feed it additional information to learn
sufficient nuances so that LaMDA can evolve to provide sensible and
specific responses to questions or remarks that are posed to it.

With this technology forming the base of the PaLM 2 technology backing
Bard, it seems set that Bard is poised to become a chatbot impressive
enough to mimic a human being.
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