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It feels like many of us were so excited about the automation scenarios, we may have missed what the significance of the latest developments in machine-learning
by patates 10y ago
It feels like many of us were so excited about the automation scenarios, we may have missed what the significance of the latest developments in machine-learning (both algorithmic and hardware-based) would have in other fields - or maybe it's just me.
- melling 10y agoI disagree but it's a digression. How about we discuss the article? Update: Please ignore my comment. The original post was changed and my upvotes have turned to downvotes. Now I can't delete this comment.
- patates 10y agoArticle starts with discussing how recent improvements in computing led to the start of the expected discoveries in genetics. I don't understand how my comment is unrelated?
- melling 10y agoYou changed your comment. Where is the remark about the singularity? The entire meaning of your comment has changed.
- patates 10y agoI changed "path to singularity" to "automation scenarios" and "IT people and target audience of HN" to "many of us" to make it more clear. I'm very sorry if you think it meant something else with those words, I'm not a native English speaker.
- melling 10y agoWhat are "automation scenarios"? Saying people on HN discuss the singularity too often vs "automation scenarios" is going from a specific idea to a vague idea. English is my first language and I would never say "automation scenarios"
- patates 10y agoProgramming is mainly about automation and I mean "automation scenarios" as the general concepts we work on. Improving automation is a path towards "singularity" (in this case that meaning not AI world domination, but nothing to do left for humanity as everything is being done automatically) with a nice feedback loop. Many people here, including me, naturally obsess over the parts that are directly relevant to our jobs and not think too much about the possible effect on other industries. Hope it is clear now :)