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[–] pikesley@mastodon.me.uk 9 points 11 months ago (3 children)

@frezik @HawlSera

> We can likely get there orders of magnitude faster than evolution could

[Citation needed]

[–] Amoeba_Girl@awful.systems 8 points 11 months ago

I mean, assuming it is at all possible (or rather that the problem even means anything), I suppose four billion years is a rather generous deadline.

[–] WolfLink@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If I practice trying to shoot hoops every day I’m going to get one in a lot sooner than you will just kicking at the ball every time you walk by.

[–] pikesley@mastodon.me.uk 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

@WolfLink so you're saying there's a measurable correlation between practicing a skill and getting better at it? Amazing

What's this got to do with the Big Averaging Machine?

[–] WolfLink@lemmy.ml -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Specifically trying to do something will get it done a lot faster than waiting for it to happen by chance.

[–] pikesley@mastodon.me.uk 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

@WolfLink and that's how evolution works, is it?

[–] WolfLink@lemmy.ml -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yes it is, in fact. Tiny, random variations, which typically take millions of years to end being a noticeable change.

[–] pikesley@mastodon.me.uk 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

@WolfLink note how nothing there is "trying" to do anything

[–] WolfLink@lemmy.ml -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Exactly my point. I’d expect humans trying to make something will get results on a timescale about a million times faster than evolution.

[–] earthquake@lemm.ee 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

about a million times faster than evolution

Ah, so you also think intelligent AI is at least 4000 years away.

[–] WolfLink@lemmy.ml 0 points 11 months ago
[–] frezik@midwest.social -4 points 11 months ago

We go orders of magnitude faster than evolution on tons of things. It's not that big of a claim.