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Number of humans that could put together a Ferrari from parts: ~10000? Number of humans that can beat Stockfish: 0
by reader5000 9y ago
Number of humans that could put together a Ferrari from parts: ~10000?
Number of humans that can beat Stockfish: 0
- albertgoeswoof 9y agoNumber of cats that can meow: ~1000000000000? Number of cats that can beat Stockfish: 0
- bluecalm 9y agoAnd therefore meowing is simpler than beating Stockfish which was parent's point.
- soVeryTired 9y agoA trillion cats meowing at once would obviously destroy the earth.
- teilo 9y agoTry again with: Number of humans that could assemble a Ferrari from discrete parts: who have never seen a car before, have no training to build or maintain a car, and no instructions other than "car must work."
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 9y agoNumber of humans that can leverage computers to beat Stockfish: At least the number of humans on the Deep mind team. Number of humans that can create AlphaZero:At least the number of humans on the Deep mind team. Number of computers that can independently create AlphaZero: 0
- periya 9y agoGive it 10 years maybe.
- erikpukinskis 9y agoWhere does this estimate come from? You’re talking about an event with no precedence, nothing even close. Bascically a function winAt(“chess”) and another function with no knowledge of chess that can implement the first. What are you modeling that suggests something like that in 10 years?
- dang 9y agoPlease don't post unsubstantive baity comments here. It leads to low-quality subthreads. We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15870384 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15870384 and marked it off-topic.
- reader5000 9y agoPlease explain how this comment was unsubstantive and baity.