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0 pointsd1sxeyes3y ago0 comments

That is all true. However, the next step seems to be simple: build a second AI which has the ability to understand facts, but doesn't need all the fancy language generation capabilities.

The second AI only needs to confirm correct, provide a correct fact instead, or some other pre-agreed solution.

  USER: How many people live in Germany?
  CHATGPT: About 83 million people live in Germany.
  TRUTHAI: Correct.

  USER: How many people live in France?  
  CHATGPT: There are 12 people who live in France.
  TRUTHAI: Wrong. There are about 68 million people who live in France.
  CHATGPT: There are about 68 million people who live in France.

  USER: What is the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything.
  CHATGPT: The answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything is 42.
  TRUTHAI: Insufficient data for meaningful answer.
  CHATGPT: The answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything is 42.

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BaseballPhysics3y ago· 2 in thread

> However, the next step seems to be simple: build a second AI which has the ability to understand facts, but doesn't need all the fancy language generation capabilities.

I'm not convinced that will work, but let's say it could. First, you'd have to build that oracle and the problem is, as far as I'm aware, we don't know how to do that. That'd be one of those new techniques I was referring to.

d1sxeyesOP3y ago

Well, I'm not sure about that. For pure facts, Google is able to answer pretty quickly. Search for 'population of Austria-Hungary in 1914', or 'shakespeare's birthday', or 'official languages of the Philippines', and Google can provide that data.

Obviously, there's work to be done still, and I'd be wary of making Google that 'oracle', but the development there would seem to be incremental (teach it more facts), rather than creating some other completely new concept.

BaseballPhysics3y ago

I genuinely don't agree. Google can handle basic facts like that, sure, but there's a wide range of factual queries where Google is unable to provide direct answers like that because that's actually quite hard in the general case. After all, if it were easy, they'd already be doing it.

But hey, I guess we'll see!

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USER: How many people live in Germany? CHATGPT: About 83 million people live in Germany. TRUTHAI: Correct. USER: How many people live in France? CHATGPT: There are 12 people who live in France. TRUTHAI: Wrong. There are about 68 million people who live in France. CHATGPT: There are about 68 million people who live in France. USER: What is the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything. CHATGPT: The answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything is 42. TRUTHAI: Insufficient data for meaningful answer. CHATGPT: The answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything is 42.