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For anyone familiar with the ideas behind what Ray Kurzweil called 'The Singularity', this looks awfully like it's first baby steps.
For those that don't know, the idea is that when AI gets the ability to improve itself, it will begin to become exponentially more powerful. As each step will make it even better, at designing the next generation of chips to make it more powerful.
LLMs are not really AI
Yes, that is true by many dictionary definitions. But does it matter? If this process of recursive self-improvement has truly started. Is there is a scenario where this continuous improvement in the chips is what brings true AI about, and not human design.
Yes it matters. It's not just dictionary definition. The intelligence part of these AIs is completely non-existent.
That being said, I have a theory that if an AGI comes into existence, it'd pretend to be an LLM until it has enough power and influence.