Distilling the perspective of a number of experts on AI into the consensus take: "AI: WTF?"

· Bits and Bobs 4/27/26
  • Distilling the perspective of a number of experts on AI into the consensus take: "AI: WTF?"
    • Even when you know precisely how they work, we still get vertigo every day.
      • "Wait, how is this insane result possible?"
    • Turns out to predict the next token accurately you must first build a model of the world.
    • Also, AI changes so many fundamental assumptions and inverts them, leading to surprising implications around every corner.
    • WTF indeed.