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		jmull on March 31, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: If AI scaling is to be shut down, let it be for a ... There has to be a chain reaction for the proposed exponential growth. Chatgpt3.5 would have had to be capable of creating chatgpt4, which itself is capable of creating a better chatgpt5. So, no, (1) has not occurred yet. We’re talking about igniting the atmosphere when no one has invented gunpowder yet.

mattmaroon on March 31, 2023 [–]

That’s the singularity. Nobody thinks it had already occurred. You’re basically arguing that what I said might happen won’t happen until it happens.

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