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bayindirh • today at 11:08 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

There are some niche research areas where bog standard machine learning algorithms make miracles. LLM is just the poster child. AI/ML is a much larger and wider research area.


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Bluestein • today at 11:36 AM

Your "bog" if unrelated, put me in mind of a "Cambrian explosion" (of intelligence) in this case, ongoing.-

In a way: We have had "recursive self improvement" (RSI) - that's what genetics is, giving rise to ... us.-

This time around, I think the truly worrying thing is that, having transcended the biological substrate, the pace is unlike anything previously seen.-

Just a thought.-