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Was at a tech conference in Austin last month when the keynote speaker dropped a hot AI take...
So this guy from a big robotics lab stood up and said we should stop making AI better at writing and focus on making it better at common sense. Half the room clapped, half walked out. I'm stuck in the middle - isn't poetry and logic both part of being smart? Where do you draw the line on what AI should learn first?
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kelly_craig3mo ago
Found that teaching AI basic cause and effect first made way more sense than fancy writing tricks.
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jesse_green553mo ago
Did you try starting with something like "if this happens, then that happens" logic? I've been tutoring my son's friend in basic programming concepts and I found that working through simple if-then scenarios with physical examples (like "if it rains, then the ground gets wet") helped everything click. Once that foundation was solid, moving to more complex ideas felt natural rather than overwhelming.
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reese_nelson3mo ago
Teaching cause and effect to AI isn't really new though, we've been doing that since the early days with stuff like STRIPS planners in the 70s. The real challenge is getting it to handle the messy common sense that doesn't fit clean logic, like knowing you don't wear socks in a pool.
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