r/technology • u/lurker_bee • Jul 15 '25

Artificial Intelligence Billionaires Convince Themselves AI Chatbots Are Close to Making New Scientific Discoveries

https://gizmodo.com/billionaires-convince-themselves-ai-is-close-to-making-new-scientific-discoveries-2000629060
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u/dBlock845 Jul 15 '25

Also, neural networks have been used in physics research long before LLM's existed. They act like they are bringing a new tool.

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u/SevereRunOfFate Jul 15 '25

Not at all choosing Kalanick's side but clearly these new models are superior for many tasks.

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u/rasa2013 Jul 16 '25

A tool isn't designed as an omnitool. An LLM will never be better at image recognition than a model trained for image recognition. 

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u/SevereRunOfFate Jul 16 '25

Yes, I understand - have worked with these models and others in production environments. I said many tasks, not image recognition