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Someday, maybe 100 years from now, someone is going to figure out a minimal codeset to "bootstrap" machine-learning for a wide range of devices so they basicall
by ck2 1y ago
Someday, maybe 100 years from now, someone is going to figure out a minimal codeset to "bootstrap" machine-learning for a wide range of devices so they basically teach themselves slowly but steadily and then each other
and at first it's going to be absolute amazing, followed by absolutely terrifying
The robots teaching themselves soccer (football) still sticks in my mind - at first they were falling over but after many iterations they had learned to pass the ball sideways and backwards to yet move it forwards to the goal
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- ivape 1y agoIt’s interesting that China has already thrown a Robot Olympics. We’re laughing about it, but I suspect it will get better and better every year. When China decides winning Gold in everything is a national imperative, watch out.
- squigz 1y agoWhy is it terrifying to you?
- ck2 1y agoWatch the Animatrix (no really, this is not a joke answer, it has some great philosophy among the entertainment)
- idiotsecant 1y agoWe are the apex predator. Once there is another entity capable of general purpose learning that is no longer the case. It's an undeniable existential threat.
- bamboozled 1y agoEver seen Terminator?
- pessimizer 1y agoI'm surprised that you think this it going to be 100 years from now. I think 20 minutes from now would be a better estimate. Or 20 minutes ago; I don't know what people are doing alone in their nasty little labs and notebooks.