this post was submitted on 15 May 2024
648 points (100.0% liked)

TechTakes

1337 readers
220 users here now

Big brain tech dude got yet another clueless take over at HackerNews etc? Here's the place to vent. Orange site, VC foolishness, all welcome.

This is not debate club. Unless it’s amusing debate.

For actually-good tech, you want our NotAwfulTech community

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] WolfLink@lemmy.ml -1 points 5 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 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] WolfLink@lemmy.ml -1 points 5 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 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

about a million times faster than evolution

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