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Re:OpenAI's o1 correctly diagnosed 67% of ER patients vs. 50... by andai on Sunday May 03, 2026 @06:25PM (#48002242)
Self-improving system given enough time to self-improve doesn't beat non-self-improving system?
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Re:OpenAI's o1 correctly diagnosed 67% of ER patients vs. 50... by dragonwriter on Sunday May 03, 2026 @07:51PM (#48002881)
Humans are, each individually and aggregates collectively, self-improving systems.

Much moreso than modern AI systems are.

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Re:OpenAI's o1 correctly diagnosed 67% of ER patients vs. 50... by andai on Monday May 04, 2026 @04:50PM (#48014784)
How do I individually and collectively increase my intelligence?
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Re:OpenAI's o1 correctly diagnosed 67% of ER patients vs. 50... by jonfw on Sunday May 03, 2026 @06:34PM (#48002314)
Humans can certainly be self improving, both on an individual basis and in aggregate.

In humans, it seems that improvement in a new domain seems to follow a logarithmic scale.

Why wouldn’t this be the same for an AI?

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Re:OpenAI's o1 correctly diagnosed 67% of ER patients vs. 50... by thesmtsolver2 on Sunday May 03, 2026 @06:30PM (#48002284)
Why are human doctors non-self improving?

If anything, using AI, they may improve more than before.

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Re:OpenAI's o1 correctly diagnosed 67% of ER patients vs. 50... by andai on Monday May 04, 2026 @04:51PM (#48014805)
This seems to produce skill atrophy. "It's okay because the AI will pick up the slack" is kinda true but doesn't exactly strengthen the human position though.
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Re:OpenAI's o1 correctly diagnosed 67% of ER patients vs. 50... by idiotsecant on Sunday May 03, 2026 @06:35PM (#48002323)
Please show me this self improving AI.
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Re:OpenAI's o1 correctly diagnosed 67% of ER patients vs. 50... by emp17344 on Sunday May 03, 2026 @06:34PM (#48002316)
Currently that self-improving system isn’t so self-improving that it’s become better at any particular job than human beings, so I think the skepticism is warranted.
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