Global attitudes toward AI safety and the future of policy research
I might be wrong but I think the reason AI people refer to models as artifacts has nothing to do with fossils being brought to life but instead related to other uses of the word artifact as a term for any saved instance of software (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artifact_(software_development), https://jfrog.com/artifactory/)
You are correct. I was not suggesting that's the source of the terminology--just trying to create a metaphor that illuminated the concept for listeners without a background in the field.
I might be wrong but I think the reason AI people refer to models as artifacts has nothing to do with fossils being brought to life but instead related to other uses of the word artifact as a term for any saved instance of software (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artifact_(software_development), https://jfrog.com/artifactory/)
You are correct. I was not suggesting that's the source of the terminology--just trying to create a metaphor that illuminated the concept for listeners without a background in the field.