"by themselves they cannot calculate" but when prompted they will attempt any kind of task that wasn't blacklisted by their guard rails.
-- rec -- On Tue, Feb 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM Marcus Daniels <[email protected]> wrote: > Huh, Claude just implemented the optimal strategy to Nim and ran in it > its analysis tool (the Javascript engine on my browser). > > *From: *Friam <[email protected]> on behalf of Roger Critchlow < > [email protected]> > *Date: *Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM > *To: *The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < > [email protected]> > *Subject: *Re: [FRIAM] genai and critical thinking > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM Marcus Daniels <[email protected]> > wrote: > > *[...]* the evolving code itself -- code that can have informative types > and even carry proofs. The weirdest thing about using AI is that it has > no opinions. Claude will rewrite code without asking (seemingly having no > self-control), but it will not confront you like a frustrated colleague > might. It is happy to let you make a mess provided its sense of idiomatic > code patterns are satisfied. > > > > This echoed something an old boss wrote me today: > > > > I have much enjoyment torturing llms. I can get off the rails rather > easily. They have no state, by themselves they cannot calculate parity or > play nim perfectly. > > > > Or one might say, they have no purpose. > > > > -- rec -- > .- .-.. .-.. / ..-. --- --- - . .-. ... / .- .-. . / .-- .-. --- -. --. / > ... --- -- . / .- .-. . / ..- ... . ..-. ..- .-.. > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom > https://bit.ly/virtualfriam > to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: 5/2017 thru present > https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >
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