[cctalk] Re: Inline Serial Device?

[Paul Koning via cctalk]

> On Nov 13, 2022, at 2:31 PM, Cameron Kaiser via cctalk 
> <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> 
>> AI, not so clear.  In my view, AI is a catch-all term for "software whose 
>> properties are unknown and probably unknowable".
> 
> Someone recently on Hacker News talked about the possibility of neural net
> models to translate code for other architectures. The best response to this
> idea described it as a "turbo SIGILL generator."

That's a good description.

> The mental image of a CPU ramming into a silicon brick wall, reversing and
> doing it again, over and over, possibly infinitely (the halting problem) comes
> irresistibly to mind.

I see all too many "inventions" that can be summarized as "use prior art 
solution X to well known problem Y by executing X in an AI (or "machine 
learning") system."  Sigh.

        paul