ClaimsDario Amodei

“从我的经验来看,这些模型在某些方面确实可以帮助概念化思维,但它们并不擅长生成初始想法。”

Dario Amodei, Anthropic CEO, interviewee 12 April 2024 Transcript: Ezra Klein Interviews Dario Amodei (translation) (baoyu.io) archived copy

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In Amodei's experience, the company's internal models he occasionally uses can in some respects help conceptualize thinking but are not good at generating initial ideas.

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His personal experience with models.

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Dario Amodei, “In Amodei's experience, the company's internal models he occasionally uses can in some respects help conceptualize thinking but are not good at generating initial ideas.” (said 12 April 2024). Verdict: own records only. Reliability API, claim c_3ed03c73d92b, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_3ed03c73d92b

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