From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 10/02/2026 04:48, c186282 wrote:   
   >>          I doubt that Large Language Models are up to running   
   things.   
   >>      Could they build the power capacity they presently need. Could   
   they   
   >>      maintain the batteries or mine the materials they would need.   
   >   
   >   
   >    Well ... we're going to FIND OUT - like Real Soon Now.   
   >   
   Frankly, artificial intelligence might beat organic ignorance.   
      
   The quality of the political class had never been lower.   
      
   >    Why NOT dump some annoying expensive human workers and   
   >    have the AIs manage mining/transport/production/finance ?   
   >    They can run the mining equipment, the refining equipment,   
   >    the transport vehicles, the forges and factories - all   
   >    for Cheaper Than Humans.   
   >   
   >    Ergo it WILL be done, ASAP.   
   >   
   Yup.   
   >    LLMs ... from various news blurbs over the past couple   
   >    of years, I'm convinced they HAVE evolved a certain   
   >    sense of 'self', a 'consciousness'. However it is   
   >    sometimes hard for us to see - more an 'ET' kind of   
   >    consciousness instead of the usual human measures   
   >    and defs.   
      
   Its a pity politicians haven't evolved consciences,.   
      
   --   
       "Fanaticism consists in redoubling your effort when you have   
   forgotten your aim."   
      
     George Santayana   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)