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Re:DeepMind says reinforcement learning is ‘enough’ to reach... by FredPret on Thursday June 10, 2021 @10:53AM (#27461442)
Yes but can they:

- live forever

- grow their own mental capabilities exponentially over that unlimited lifespan

- turn themselves into universe-eating von Neumann probes

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Re:DeepMind says reinforcement learning is ‘enough’ to reach... by rsj_hn on Thursday June 10, 2021 @01:36PM (#27463298)
Nothing can

- live forever

- grow exponentially forever

- "eat the universe" (I know, the last point was sci-fi gibberish)

In fact, humans are already pretty good at reproducing themselves and have managed to travel to space, and have exhibited finite periods of exponential knowledge growth combined with periods of collapse, as nothing grows exponentially forever.

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Re:DeepMind says reinforcement learning is ‘enough’ to reach... by mensetmanusman on Thursday June 10, 2021 @02:30PM (#27463857)
My three-year-old said yes to all questions
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