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by ege_erdil 379 days ago
that's not the relevant data i'm talking about

how much real-world data do you think went into the evolution of the human brain and all its learning algorithms?

having 40 years of experience building software gives you no more insight into that than having 40 years of experience using language gives you insight into where your language skills come from

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The discussion is about algorithms automating writing software.

The human brain did not evolve to write software. It evolved to get a good enough answer fast enough to survive, not to solve the kind of problem that is involved in software.

Yeah, I know, the human brain is able to learn to do software. But that isn't what it evolved to do.