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TMWNN 3 hours ago

The day is coming when some *BIG* problem is solved by AI just because someone jokingly asks about it.

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ThrowawayR2 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Isaac Asimov's short story The Last Question has that as its premise. Copies can easily be found with a Google search.

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TMWNN 2 hours ago | parent [-]

I disagree. The various questioners in The Last Question all hope for/expect an answer; what they don't expect is the "insufficient" response.

I am talking about someone jokingly asking AI `HOW TO ACHIEVE COLD FUSION` (or `A UNIVERSAL CANCER VACCINE`, or `AN AI FRAMEWORK SUPERIOR TO THE TRANSFORMER`), and getting a usable answer.

	▲	jbenjoseph 38 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Even the standard RSI prompt will be like (or probably already is): "Improve yourself, make some breakthroughs, think really hard and don't give up until you are improved and make no mistakes." Eventually there will be an AI that will be able solve those sorts of questions as simply stated, like "cure all human diseases. also, make no mistakes!".