[rbanffy]

> I wonder if that applies? What's the big deal if a few parameter have a few bit flips?

We get into the sci-fi territory where a machine achieves sentience because it has all the right manufacturing defects.

Reminds me of this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Logic_Named_Joe

[sowbug]

Also see Adrian Thompson's Xilinx 6200 FPGA, programmed by a genetic algorithm that worked but exploited nuances unique to that specific physical chip, meaning the software couldn't be copied to another chip. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43152877

[rbanffy]

I love that story.

[philipwhiuk]

2000s movie line territory:

> There have always been ghosts in the machine. Random segments of code, that have grouped together to form unexpected protocols.