Comment by user34283
5 days ago
For one, I can't even understand this part:
> I don't know if it represents research as a field would not be immune to advances in AI tech
And then there's the opinion that for some reason we should 'value' manual labor over using AI, which seems rather disagreeable.
To me, it all comes down to the level of accuracy and trust.
It is one thing to vibe code and deal with the errors but I think chemistry is a better subject to test this on.
"Vibe chemistry" would be a better measure of how much we actually trust the models. Cause chemical reactions based on what the model tells you to do starting from zero knowledge of chemistry yourself. In that context, we don't trust the models at all and for good reason.
> For one, I can't even understand this part:
Let me explain. My belief was that research as a task is non-trivial and would have been relatively out of reach for AI. Given the advances, that doesn't seem to be true.
> And then there's the opinion that for some reason we should 'value' manual labor over using AI, which seems rather disagreeable.
Could you explain why? I'm specifically talking about research. Of course, I would value what a veteran in the field says higher than a probability machine.
They way it was stated it appeared to me like "we should do research the heavy way even if the machine gives us the right answer", or that we should value research only if it was accomplished manually.
I guess there are many ways to interpret the comment, with a lot of potential for disagreement.
My whole point was that we can't be sure the machine gives you right answer especially in research where much of it is uncharted territories.
There aren't many ways to interpret and I clarified what I meant. Thanks for participating, these comments are insufferable.