Ask HN: Can anyone name anything new that AI has done?

2•SamInTheShell•10m ago

We're 2 years into this. Still looking for something that an AI did all by itself that is actually new. Everything I've seen so far still involves a human sussing out the new thing or the model is just aggregating data that is already there from disconnected sources that never got tied together.

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win311fwg•8m ago

That's AI for ya. What you are seemingly looking for is AGI and that we do not yet have.

SamInTheShell•3m ago

Maybe someone shows up, makes a solid case for something new, and surprises us. There's still people out there claiming it can, so I'm going to keep asking this every month until someone wows me or the topic dies at a societal level.

scosman•5m ago

https://github.com/openai/math among many others

iugtmkbdfil834•4m ago

Yep, it is all over. Nihil novi and all that. It it is totally pointless. No sane person uses AI. Can you step a little closer over there? Don't worry. It is totally not a trap.

krapp•2m ago

It created a novel form of psychosis.

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