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What was the alternative?
by utopiah 7mo ago
What was the alternative?
- red75prime 7mo agoScaling-up without significant architectural changes.
- mapleoin 7mo agoOr significant architectural changes without scaling up.
- Nevermark 7mo agoOr a single magic mutation. And if we ran an experiment where we gave it to some apes…
- cluckindan 6mo agoLet’s observe their reactions to a big slab of obsidian.
- sudb 6mo agohuh, I always assumed they were metal-clad objects with something inside wikipedia tells me they are machines, but not what they're made of
- ahartmetz 6mo agoLike birds, let's say? There have been some articles on HN about how crows can be so intelligent with such a small (absolute size) brain.
- curiousObject 6mo agoEvolution would design the alternative to be something slightly less capable than the minimum. /s Really, the likelihood is that these mutations must have had an impact that far outweighs their space in the genome. That’s how all our close competition got murdered by Homo Sapiens. Just significant difference in mental abilities.
- lukeify 6mo agoWe didn’t have any. The project manager set it at 3 story points.