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There is a reason we are getting robot dogs with guns on their backs at the same time AI is advancing; because once AI crosses a certain line it is going to be powerful enough to nullify most jobs. It's not science fiction.

What happens when you have a NN that understands how to integrate new physical input and render usable actions for creating outputs without human intervention? That's where we get machines building machines.

What happens when we start using AI to find the best recreational drugs? How about recreational drugs designed for specific kind of Overdoses - like crumple zones on a car? Or using AI to find the best cocktail of psychedelics that allow us all to work stoned and to maximum benefit all day long without diminishing returns?

Finally, what happens when these AI can layer themselves together through transfer protocols and problem solving distribution without us telling them to? A self-analyzing, self-correcting and self-improving system can be considered a kind of life.

We really are very close now.



> What happens when you have a NN that understands how to integrate new physical input and render usable actions for creating outputs without human intervention?

You're going to have to define "understands" and explain how to get there from where the technology is right now, because a model is a statistical artifact and doesn't "understand" anything, including its inputs and outputs.

> How about recreational drugs designed for specific kind of Overdoses - like crumple zones on a car?

Why would anyone want an overdose?

> Or using AI to find the best cocktail of psychedelics that allow us all to work stoned and to maximum benefit all day long without diminishing returns?

Who benefits from this? Because it doesn't sound like it would benefit the people doing the work.

> We really are very close now.

Just a few more puffs and I'm sure you'll have the solution.


>> Understand means to sense, interpret, analyze, articulate and affect the real world.

Why would anyone want a car accident? Not quite following me huh? Seems like maybe you just want to argue.

Who benefits from humans working on stimulants and psychedelic drugs? How about the entire 20th/21st century? Are you seriously pretending everything from caffeine to opium hasn't been a driving force of production?

The sensing machines we are building are paralleled in their design and utility to the functional parts of our brains. We've networked them all together already, and all we need is a simple spark to set it all in motion.

Cognition rhymes with ignition for a reason.

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