• Amoeba_Girl@awful.systems
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      7 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
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      7 months ago

      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.

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          7 months ago

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

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              7 months ago

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

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                  7 months ago

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

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                    7 months ago

                    about a million times faster than evolution

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

    • frezik@midwest.social
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      7 months ago

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