Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said in a reply on X that AI is highly knowledgeable and can identify references in almost any piece of content, but is not wise, which leaves it limited to surface-level judgments about what a text is trying to say. He added that this is especially visible when AI analyzes a piece of writing on a first read, as opposed to texts already present in training data and surrounded by extensive prior commentary. Buterin also argued that AI’s breadth of knowledge is easier to observe than the limits of its wisdom, and said wisdom may be harder to verify than intelligence. His comments came in response to a post by Ruxandra Teslo, who said the discussion around related posts made her pessimistic about humans and that large language models are still producing low-quality discussion of her writing. Teslo was replying at the time to Sichu Lu’s view that AI is better suited than humans to discuss the classics.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said in a reply on X that AI is extremely knowledgeable and can do an excellent job identifying references in almost any kind of content, but is not wise, leaving it able to make only the most surface-level judgment about what a piece of writing is trying to express.
Buterin said the gap is especially clear when AI analyzes a text on a first read, rather than dealing with writing that already exists in training data and comes with a large body of prior analysis from others. He added that AI’s breadth of knowledge is easier to see than the limits of its wisdom, and said wisdom may be one of those things that cannot be easily verified, which he distinguished from intelligence.
The reply was directed at a post by Ruxandra Teslo. Teslo said the related posts made her pessimistic about humans and argued that large language models are still generating low-quality discussion of her articles. At the time, she was responding to Sichu Lu’s claim that AI is better suited than humans to discuss the classics.
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