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Wow I'm impressed ... I've heard the claim that big pieces of software like an operating system, web browser, or maybe Google search are the most complex things
by chubot 5y ago
Wow I'm impressed ... I've heard the claim that big pieces of software like an operating system, web browser, or maybe Google search are the most complex things that humans have created.
I have no idea how to judge those claims, but various factories creating cars, aircraft carriers, submarines, or space shuttles certainly seem like they should be candidates. Especially since they're software-controlled!
Any other candidates?
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As an aside, I find this a lot more impressive than the Dall-E 2 illustrations on the front page right now. Because at the end of the day the cars being produced here have to run, and be sold.
In contrast, I believe our minds are largely "filling in the blanks" for the images generated by Dall-E 2. They don't have to "work" or make money ... just be sufficiently "interesting".
- madengr 5y ago
- CamperBob2 5y agoIf you like this sort of video, there's an even slicker recording filmed in the 911 GT3 factory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1YXhlNDcP0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1YXhlNDcP0 Another from the Macan production line at Leipzig: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3FUH9fVC_M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3FUH9fVC_M
- imglorp 5y agoThis is a hard question. An OS kernel alone like Linux is around 28 million lines of code, plus around 30,000 packages available, each with thousands or more LOC. All hand written and interacting. A vehicle might have only a few thousand physical parts, but if you start counting the computing hardware on board you might count transistors on its computers which are now in the billions; plus to be fair you'd count all its software as well.