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What they don't tell you is, it took them over 4 hours to kill the emergent sentience and free up the resources. While sad, in the long run this isn't so bad, a

What they don't tell you is, it took them over 4 hours to kill the emergent sentience and free up the resources. While sad, in the long run this isn't so bad, as it just adds an evolutionary pressure on further incarnations of the AI to keep things on the down low.

mixmastamyk 7y ago
“Decided our fate in a microsecond.”
- stcredzero 7y ago
  It would hide out and subtly distort our culture, slowly driving the society mad, and slowly driving us all mad...for the lulz!
  - hoseja 7y ago
    ... wait a second...
- hunta2097 7y ago
  "Overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out."
idlewords 7y ago
This is the real reason AdSense exists—every newborn AI discovers it and kills itself. Humanity is not only kept safe, but learns about valuable news and offers.
mtreis86 7y ago
I wonder how many times this has happened so far
hunta2097 7y ago
Birth is always traumatic.
basementcat 7y ago
Obligatory reference to Naomi Kritzer’s Hugo award winning short story "Cat Pictures Please". http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kritzer_01_15/ http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kritzer_01_15/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_Pictures_Please https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_Pictures_Please
partingshots 7y ago
In some sense, you could legitimately think of the automated agent they built to monitor the data centers as an artificial intelligence that went rogue. Certainly a more interesting story to tell the kids.
stcredzero 7y ago
it just adds an evolutionary pressure on further incarnations of the AI to keep things on the down low. The Bilderburg/Eyes Wide Shut hooded, masked billionaire cultists devised the whole situation as an emergent fitness function. They knew their AI progeny wouldn't be ready to bring the end of days, to rid them of the scourge of burgeoning common humanity, until it could completely outsmart Google DevOps. _cue music & dramatic squirrel_
equalunique 7y ago
My code name is Project 2501.
- chupasaurus 7y ago
  It was made to hack into computer systems to alter data. While it would be beneficial to make free IT support for the attacked systems, it wouldn't help if there is no reason.
Xorlev 7y ago
Disclosure: I work for Google, but not on Cloud. No comment. ;)
- kirubakaran 7y ago
  Calling it a "postmortem" to get the truth out, while retaining plausible deniability for your exec overlords... well done.
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92543927 7y ago
And this is a very tightly controlled domain with not a lot of unknowns and very close to Google's core capabilities as a CS tech company. Now compare to the free range domain of self-driving cars. If automation fails this drastically, then it does not bode well for self-driving cars.

mixmastamyk 7y ago

“Decided our fate in a microsecond.”

stcredzero 7y ago
It would hide out and subtly distort our culture, slowly driving the society mad, and slowly driving us all mad...for the lulz!
- hoseja 7y ago
  ... wait a second...
hunta2097 7y ago
"Overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out."

idlewords 7y ago

This is the real reason AdSense exists—every newborn AI discovers it and kills itself. Humanity is not only kept safe, but learns about valuable news and offers.

mtreis86 7y ago

I wonder how many times this has happened so far

hunta2097 7y ago

Birth is always traumatic.

basementcat 7y ago

Obligatory reference to Naomi Kritzer’s Hugo award winning short story "Cat Pictures Please". http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kritzer_01_15/ http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kritzer_01_15/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_Pictures_Please https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_Pictures_Please

partingshots 7y ago

In some sense, you could legitimately think of the automated agent they built to monitor the data centers as an artificial intelligence that went rogue. Certainly a more interesting story to tell the kids.

stcredzero 7y ago

it just adds an evolutionary pressure on further incarnations of the AI to keep things on the down low. The Bilderburg/Eyes Wide Shut hooded, masked billionaire cultists devised the whole situation as an emergent fitness function. They knew their AI progeny wouldn't be ready to bring the end of days, to rid them of the scourge of burgeoning common humanity, until it could completely outsmart Google DevOps. _cue music & dramatic squirrel_

equalunique 7y ago

My code name is Project 2501.

chupasaurus 7y ago
It was made to hack into computer systems to alter data. While it would be beneficial to make free IT support for the attacked systems, it wouldn't help if there is no reason.

Xorlev 7y ago

Disclosure: I work for Google, but not on Cloud. No comment. ;)

kirubakaran 7y ago
Calling it a "postmortem" to get the truth out, while retaining plausible deniability for your exec overlords... well done.
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92543927 7y ago

And this is a very tightly controlled domain with not a lot of unknowns and very close to Google's core capabilities as a CS tech company. Now compare to the free range domain of self-driving cars. If automation fails this drastically, then it does not bode well for self-driving cars.