• Cogency@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      I have a counter argument. From an evolutionary standpoint, if you keep doubling computer capacity exponentially isn’t it extraordinarily arrogant of humans to assume that their evolutionarily stagnant brains will remain relevant for much longer?

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        8 months ago

        If you keep doubling the number of fruit flies exponentially, isn’t it likely that humanity will find itself outsmarted?

        The answer is no, it isn’t. Quantity does not quality make and all our current AI tech is about ways to breed fruit flies that fly left or right depending on what they see.

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        8 months ago

        As a counter argument against that, companies are trying to make self driving cars work for 20 years. Processing power has increased by a million and the things still get stuck. Pure processing power isn’t everything.