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The singularity has always existed. It is located at the summit of Mount Stupid, where the Darwin Awards are kept. AI is really just psuedo-intelligence; an automated chairlift to peak overconfidence.
Running out of improvements after the first pass would prevent that. Who is to say this Alpha Evolve is not already obsolete, having already served its purpose?

Not to sound metaphysical or anything, but dependency on artificial intelligence seems to be something you would find at the peak of Mount Stupid (where the Darwin Awards are kept).

I am late for a chess game, l8r sk8rs.

It is really about autonomy. Can it make changes to itself without human review? If it does, what is the proof such changes won't just stop at some point? All I am seeing here is a coder assist tool, and unsure how helpful inexplicable solutions are in the long run. Could result in an obtuse code base. Is that the point?
I find it quite profound that there is no mention of the generation of corresponding code documentation. Without design diagrams, source and commit comments, etc the resulting code and changes will become incomprehensible unmaintainable. Unless that is somehow the point?
Re:Hot takes on Devin, the AI software engineer on Wednesday March 20, 2024 @11:50PM (#39774752)
Devin, build an AI Systems Analyst (Aisa) Aisa, build an AI Business Analyst (Aiba) Aiba, build an AI Financial Analyst (Aifa) Aifa, build an AI Market Analyst (Aima)

Aima, find a lucrative market for a new app Aifa, determine the cost building the new app Aiba, create the business model for the new app Aisa, create the use case functional spec for the new app Devin, create the new app

"You guys are doing the lord's work here"?

How? By forcing users into a custom model serialization format (GGUF) that is claimed to literally contain "magic"?

Dark lord, maybe.