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Re:The Darwinian argument for worrying about AI by Fricken on Friday June 30, 2023 @11:45AM (#36537071)
Because when we reached the limit of what we could do with paraffin, we moved onto other methods of producing heat. Now we make superheated balls of plasma as hot as the sun using deuterium, tritium, lasers and magnets.
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Re:The Darwinian argument for worrying about AI by tome on Saturday July 01, 2023 @06:59AM (#36548787)
Sure, but your comment suggests that AI will continue improving indefinitely. Why might we not, as we did with paraffin, reach the limit of AI?
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Re:The Darwinian argument for worrying about AI by Fricken on Saturday July 01, 2023 @05:37PM (#36555533)
Paraffin is a means, not an end. The end goal is to generate heat, and we have all kinds of ways to generate heat now that are superior to paraffin. The future of AI may not depend on diffusion models or even a silicon substrate, but the incentives to improve it are clear, and it will get better.
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