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The most basic parasite still can make more parasites and grow to the extent its biology allows. AIs are more like tools, where their usefulness convinces the m
by c_crank 3y ago
The most basic parasite still can make more parasites and grow to the extent its biology allows. AIs are more like tools, where their usefulness convinces the makers to make more tools. Is the potter's wheel a parasite, for convincing us Homo Sapiens to sit around gathering clay for thousands of years?
- ben_w 3y agoI really don't understand why you think that's a good point, sorry. Even if I just say "yes it's a tool" (some AI clearly are regardless of whether they all are or any demonstrations of them being able to run economically interesting tasks without intervention), not clear how what you're saying connects with the ideas raised in the article?
- c_crank 3y ago"The Darwinian evolution of tools" is a statement that makes little sense because Darwin working with things that were alive - undesigned and capable of reproduction. There may be some similarities, but the processes behind each thing are separate enough to produce very different outcomes.