Wait til we start seeing self evolving AI one day. Scary and incredible stuff I imagine

Changing its own code, modifying to improve and maximise its ability to achieve whatever goals it is pursuing. Cloning itself in such scale etc

Even communicating in new bespoke language(s) that humans don’t understand. There’s talk of AI being able to translate animal communication one day. Let’s see.

Posted By: footymadman on January 20th 2026 at 02:00:10

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You know how Greta and people who care get most people's backs up? (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Jan 20, 00:05:53
- Eaters will be a waste of resources. We will be the eaters (General Chat) - footymadman, Jan 20, 01:49:04
- Which strongly suggests why we’ve never been visited by aliens, civilisations likely reach (General Chat) - The Gaffer, Jan 20, 00:23:16
  - Plus there is all the technology you dont know about. (General Chat) - usacanary, Jan 20, 01:37:43
    - Fucking hell (General Chat) - Springsteen_Twat, Jan 20, 04:51:13
      - I only tilt the idiots.... (General Chat) - usacanary, Jan 20, 12:56:33
- happy to indulge about AI (General Chat) - earthleakage, Jan 20, 00:18:49
  - Also check out V-JEPA from Meta who bought Manus recently (General Chat) - footymadman, Jan 20, 02:02:18
    - Sorry not touch with this tech but it will come one day. More movement than touch for now (n/m) (General Chat) - footymadman, Jan 20, 02:06:09
  - Wait til we start seeing self evolving AI one day. Scary and incredible stuff I imagine (General Chat) - footymadman, Jan 20, 02:00:10
  - It’s not just an algorithm the back propagation is (General Chat) - footymadman, Jan 20, 01:53:28
  - I agree that AI is currently overhyped and widely misunderstood. However (General Chat) - The Gaffer, Jan 20, 00:36:12
    - again you're right (General Chat) - earthleakage, Jan 20, 00:50:02
      - The concept existed, in my day we called it machine learning, however the computer power, (General Chat) - The Gaffer, Jan 20, 00:56:48
        
        AI already solved folding protein problem. It’s only just getting started (n/m) (General Chat) - footymadman, Jan 20, 01:55:58
        
        ok i get where yr coming from (General Chat) - earthleakage, Jan 20, 01:10:30
        
        I don’t view AI in isolation as I see it as an enabler of broader technological advances. (General Chat) - The Gaffer, Jan 20, 01:26:23
        
        AI isnt new (General Chat) - earthleakage, Jan 20, 01:32:38
        
        It’s been improving exponentially though (General Chat) - footymadman, Jan 20, 01:57:32
  - People are believing all sorts of AI shit videos (General Chat) - jamesward, Jan 20, 00:25:53
    - yes you're right (General Chat) - earthleakage, Jan 20, 00:32:10
      - It is intelligent it is mimicking our brains and learning much faster than we do (General Chat) - footymadman, Jan 20, 01:55:08
        
        I hope it doesn’t mimic your brain (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Jan 20, 07:31:42
        
        Haha it mimics how the brain works in general (General Chat) - footymadman, Jan 20, 08:39:18
        
        Haha (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Jan 20, 08:01:53
        
        this is where i disagree (General Chat) - earthleakage, Jan 20, 02:06:54
        
        Computers used to be told what to do. Superintligence AI will think independently based on (General Chat) - footymadman, Jan 20, 04:41:00
        
        nets were new 30 yrs ago (General Chat) - earthleakage, Jan 20, 04:55:13
        
        Yeh they were but they weren’t pushed to where they are now due to compute and data limits (n/m) (General Chat) - footymadman, Jan 20, 08:39:57
- *nevermind (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Jan 20, 00:06:30

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