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The whole field of metaheuristic algorithms rests on a similar idea. a lot of stupid "agents" finding a good solution. by metaheuristics i mean genetic algorithms, PSO, ACO etc.

Yeah and IBM had to move their designs in the last minute from GF to Samsung. I have heard that the Samsung process was much better and the tech transfer was easier than expected.

It will have benefits for people who own them or can afford them. It will drastically reduce jobs and make people poorer, while the rich become richer. The economical effect of the technology will be like a "nuke" on the economy.

As someone who has switched from Android to IOS and pretty happy with it. I do not want to connect my phone with an external display. I have my laptop or desktop at home for that. I do not want to work or think about work when these devices are not accesible for me.

I am talking about these for example

The Caves of Steel (1954) - first Robot series/R. Daneel Olivaw novel

The Naked Sun (1957) - second Robot series/R. Daneel Olivaw novel

"Mirror Image" (1972) - short story about R. Daneel Olivaw and detective Elijah Baley

The Robots of Dawn (1983) - third Robot series/R. Daneel Olivaw novel Robots and Empire (1985) - fourth Robot series/R. Daneel Olivaw novel

In my first job in a software maintenance project, I was overenthusiastic and was closing issues left and right. My manager called me to his office and told me that if I solved all the issues, the project will need much lesser people when they renew the contract, which might lead me, the junior most person, to be sent to the bench until they get a new contract.

I am sorry anonymous person on the internet. I have no idea what you know or do not know.

I am perplexed by the notion that time does not play a role for you when talking about the "history" of something.

Just like the fact the Phoenecian alphabet was modified by the Greeks, there would have definitely been transfer of knowledge.

I am of the opinion that there is something to learn from everyone. However I come to HN for civil discussion. That was not a gotcha or are we trying to win something. Mesopotamians needed complex mathematics for taxes long before even Mycenian Greeks came into picture. You are talking about classical Greeks. Naturally there were advancements in mathematics during the Greek period, but that does not undermine the achievements of Mesopotamians.