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andaiyesterday at 10:25 PM5 repliesview on HN

Self-improving system given enough time to self-improve doesn't beat non-self-improving system?


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jonfwyesterday at 10:34 PM

Humans can certainly be self improving, both on an individual basis and in aggregate.

In humans, it seems that improvement in a new domain seems to follow a logarithmic scale.

Why wouldn’t this be the same for an AI?

dragonwriteryesterday at 11:51 PM

Humans are, each individually and aggregates collectively, self-improving systems.

Much moreso than modern AI systems are.

thesmtsolver2yesterday at 10:30 PM

Why are human doctors non-self improving?

If anything, using AI, they may improve more than before.

idiotsecantyesterday at 10:35 PM

Please show me this self improving AI.

emp17344yesterday at 10:34 PM

Currently that self-improving system isn’t so self-improving that it’s become better at any particular job than human beings, so I think the skepticism is warranted.