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From: Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: sci.physics
Subject: Re: Highly bred Hackers: Wallowing in enlightenment (Re: Deep Ecology
 and Artificial Intelligence)
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2024 22:04:46 -0500
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On 10/26/24 10:47, Mild Shock wrote:
> Hey folks, please take note:
> 
> "Rust is the last programming language made for humans
> that we'll need. Future languages will be optimized for
> machines, where AI handles all the coding"
> https://twitter.com/nath_simard/status/1816147809608851830
> 
> Sounds like utter bullshit to me. Must be a
> stupid AI, that cannot do the safety precautions
> of Rust. Why would I need rust, if I have an AI?
> 
> For this exampe, the AI might generate:
> 
> #include <stdio.h>
> 
> int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
>     printf("Hello %s\n", argv[0]);
> }
> 
> Which might indeed generate a segfault. In
> case there are zero arguments, argv[0] might
> hafe the value NULL.
> https://www.tu-chemnitz.de/urz/archiv/kursunterlagen/C/kap3/argmain.htm
> 
> So why blame the target language, and not the AI?
> This is a red herring argument in favor of Rust.
> 
> Mild Shock schrieb:
>> Just reading:
>>
>> "Deep ecologists reject any mechanical
>> or computer model of nature, and see
>> the Earth as a living organism, which
>> should be treated and understood accordingly"
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_ecology#Sources
>>
>> Now that we enter the age of AI. What
>> about an AI Computer model. An AI Earth
>> Computer model? Any pointers?
> 


Who was it who said the universe itself is a computer?