Simon Rogers

AI data scientist at NHS National Services Scotland. Hon Lecturer in Comp Sci, University of Glasgow. Author of Views my own, etc.

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@colin_fraser Also, your patience in this thread is to be commended.

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@colin_fraser Each step is to some degree stochastic though, right? So, even if the correct token at some step is really really likely, then as you increase the number of steps, the probability of not picking the correct one becomes very very high.

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@GaryMarcus @HZoete I guess they'll also have a universally agreed definition of consciousness to determine it's been reached too...

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@colin_fraser Absolutely. And pretty easy, once that tool exists to train a model where beating that test is part of the objective.

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@thefulltoss @asianick85 It was doing a lot today. I don't think any team would have survived / won. So, would agree that toss important. But if they'd blocked they would have likely lost by more.

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Enjoying this podcast series featuring @MelMitchell1 on intelligence -- highly recommended
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@robinsall Joe Root eh. Just does his thing.

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@robinsall I'm not sure "all", but plenty. Especially when it's really hot.

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@hganjoo_153 Doesn't have Kool AI data buzz vibes tho 🤷

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@hganjoo_153 I guess if DLS wasn't good at predicting outcome, it also wouldn't be good at defining targets.

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@jessRmorley @BBCr4today @aleksk @Kevin_Fong And the data quality. Lots is sitting in random xlsx files...

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@jessRmorley @BBCr4today @aleksk @Kevin_Fong Enjoyed your input there, thanks! 100% agree on the less trendy backroom tasks that could make a big difference.

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@GeoffreyPetty @LRB That didn't scan. Basically, it's goodness seemed to be that it could produce bigger lists of targets. And humans could feel like they weren't responsible for the choice.

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Three articles in the @LRB this month that taken together are quite chilling: the wholesale swallowing of the religion of AI (article on Blair) + the use of AI in generating kill lists + the hollowing of the regulatory landscape (in context of grenfell)...

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@GeoffreyPetty @LRB That, yes. But more the fact that there's no way of evaluating its accuracy, the justification that it could identify more targets with humans able to delegate any responsibility.

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@LRB Mind you, could you make the personal ads more entertaining again please?

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@LRB This is true.

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@m_j_chalmers Aye. Physics? Hmm.

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@rcolvile Can live very comfortably on that, and I'm confident that enough very skilled applicants would see it that way.