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0 pointsThrowAway1922A2y ago0 comments

> I can't believe that a human can outperform a computer at paying attention.

The issue are the millions of edge cases in which humans remain far better at analyzing, figuring out a solution, and compromising in.

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idopmstuff2y ago· 3 in thread

That is the issue, but that means that to say that we'll never have self-driving cars is to say that we're either at or close to the limit on advancement of computing technology. That seems implausible to me, and if you don't accept it as a premise, then it's just a question of how long it is before computers surpass people at all of those things.

xyzelement2y ago

You are making a lot of sense, you are setting up logical arguments but some folks go like "uhhh I just don't think so"

Detrytus2y ago

>> [...] is to say that we're either at or close to the limit on advancement of computing technology.

Well, we are approaching physical limits of minimum transistor size, so that might not be as ridiculous as you think. What if the best we can do is to triple the current processing power, but that's not enough?

idopmstuff2y ago

That would do it, and I genuinely thank you for being the first person to come up with a counterargument to any of my comments that didn't just involve trying to rules lawyer my language.

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