[foobarbaz33]

> If any algorithm can take over the “engineering”

Well it's already happened. Mindless, lifeless carbon orbiting around a star iteratively configured itself into a machine capable of creative thought. Our human brains. Unless there is some unknown missing ingredient (divine intervention, souls, etc) it may be possible to create new intelligence.

> If you ask this question - you fundamentally don’t understand the essence of engineering.

Current LLM's, sure just a tool. They may not be "real" intelligence by some measure of "real".

But the premise of the question is "what if" we do achieve the real thing and it can take over any thought process a human is capable of. With means to observe surroundings and think outside the box, just like we do.

[aristofun]

> Mindless, lifeless carbon orbiting around a star iteratively configured itself into a machine capable of creative thought

Just a hypothesis, unproven still, never reproduced in the lab even in its most primitive form.

[aristofun]

> it may be possible to create new intelligence

Define “intelligence” with good enough precision and details to compare it against some complex algorithm (linux core etc).

Until then your statements bear no real meaning to argue about.

[foobarbaz33]

I mean the point is missed in your response. You're talking about the current state of LLMs, but the premise of the question is a "what if" scenario where AI successfully takes over our jobs.

There's no need to define intelligence to point out the misinterpretation of OP's question.

[aristofun]

My point is that the question is not even clear. “What if” what exactly?