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[deleted] t1_jcrdj2j wrote

Quantum computers have tons of uses. They're just not powerful enough for the more interesting problems yet.

Many of the hardest problems in computer science will become tractable with quantum computers of sufficient size.

Question: when the D-Wave was first announced, people were saying it wasn't a "real" quantum computer, but I can't remember why. Is that still the case for these models?

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vorpal_potato t1_jcrctkq wrote

Fair enough. :-) Some day I'd love to see someone subvert the trope and show realistic nuclear reactor failure modes, like "some little non-critical thing breaks, causing the reactor to automatically shut down, and then the operators start grumbling about 'xenon-135 transients' and what a hassle it'll be to start the damn thing back up again."

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Trash_man_can OP t1_jcrb4nk wrote

True to a point, but the math behind chat bots and text analysis is pretty open. You can take courses and see how they work.

It's like if a chat bot was trained on a lot of text from a crazy Nazi online chatroom, it would say some very weird things, compared to if it was trained on text from textbooks.

It's really impressive, but I think it's different fundamentally from real conscious AI.

Like I heard someone asked ChatGPT about opening a hot dog stand on the top of Mount Everest.

A person knows that's crazy, but a cpu is just connecting nouns (hot dog stand, Mount Everest) and verbs (opening a) and making responses.

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puckmama1010 t1_jcr35t2 wrote

It’s not about simple. It’s about favoritism. You guys all act like we are stupid. We are not. We are tired of the “these guys help you” routine. Guess what? Everyone that took on college debt so your investments can succeed deserve equal treatment by the folks in DC that decide who gets bailed out

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