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Re:DeepMind’s AlphaCode Conquers Coding, Performing as Well ... by godshatter on Thursday December 15, 2022 @02:45PM (#34004628)
> AI can effectively bootstrap itself and improve itself so it can then improve itself again

Does this not frighten anyone else? Or am I alone in this?

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Re:DeepMind’s AlphaCode Conquers Coding, Performing as Well ... by acuozzo on Thursday December 15, 2022 @03:41PM (#34005429)
You are not alone.
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Re:DeepMind’s AlphaCode Conquers Coding, Performing as Well ... by ren_engineer on Thursday December 15, 2022 @03:53PM (#34005589)
it's classic sci-fi Skynet type stuff. AI for example might come up with amazing new nuclear fusion reactor designs so it has access to more energy to do more processing. Could be great, could turn out horribly
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Re:DeepMind’s AlphaCode Conquers Coding, Performing as Well ... by kristiandupont on Thursday December 15, 2022 @04:26PM (#34006002)
You are definitely not alone. I am really excited about ChatGPT but it also has me ruminating about the consequences.
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Re:DeepMind’s AlphaCode Conquers Coding, Performing as Well ... by status200 on Thursday December 15, 2022 @05:14PM (#34006563)
It has been pondered on and raised terror under the name "intelligence explosion"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity#Inte...

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Re:DeepMind’s AlphaCode Conquers Coding, Performing as Well ... by jimbokun on Thursday December 15, 2022 @05:44PM (#34006852)
Terrified.
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