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Re:Deepmind Alphadev: Faster sorting algorithms discovered u... by bawolff on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @11:40PM (#36236891)
When the biggest criticism of deep mind is it hasn't literally saved the world yet, i think that is pretty telling about how impressive it really is.
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Re:Deepmind Alphadev: Faster sorting algorithms discovered u... by TaupeRanger on Thursday June 08, 2023 @09:34AM (#36241631)
That isn't the criticism at all. The criticism is that it hasn't done ANYTHING, and has probably been a net negative since human brainpower and energy costs are being spent on (so far) useless technology for 5 years. It's not that it hasn't saved the world, it's that it's worse than useless.
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