Comment on Still out there

• Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Computers can spread viruses too ☝️🤓

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• Warl0k3@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  We’re not to the point that that’s possible.

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  • marcos@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    How big is its genome? There isn’t much in a virus.

    People can replicate a lot of them from purely data.

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    • Warl0k3@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      How many distinct genomes are there?

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    • ameancow@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Soulless Artificial Intelligences irritated with humanity can replicate a lot of them from purely data.

      FTFY

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      • marcos@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        It’s actually very real machines, doing extremely well controlled chemical reactions, and no AI unless you count all computer software as AI (ok, processors have neural networks controlling them nowadays, so just “normal” amount of AI).

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