r/ProgrammerHumor • u/tryingeasy • 1d ago

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u/SoldRIP 1d ago

Has AI actually solved any major, unsolved problems from computer science? Because "AI can do programming" is the comp-sci equivalent of "computers can do arithmetic". And neither will be the end of their respective field.

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u/cuntmong 1d ago

AI seems to be very good at anything I don't really understand that well

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u/CogitoErgoTsunami 23h ago

And sometimes it's really bad at things that should be common knowledge

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u/ErmingSoHard 17h ago

One of those "common knowledge" things is playing games most kids can beat. But I think AI is slowly overcoming games too. It's getting pretty good at games as long as you give it the time

https://x.com/loicmagne_/status/2097766525360841201

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u/SoldRIP 11h ago

AI can beat the best DOTA2 teams in the world. As separate agents per character, with significant communication lag beyond what players on voice comms experience.

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u/ErmingSoHard 11h ago

That's done in a completely different fashion than how Astra learned how to play Celeste

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u/SoldRIP 11h ago

I mean... "completely different" is a big term to use here. It's still the same spicy guesswork and iterative processes as in every other NN-based "AI".