Editor: Wan Jun
Author: Leng Yue Ru Shuang
A long time ago, science fiction writers described a world where artificial intelligence takes over most human jobs in their novels. However, few could have imagined that this day would come so quickly. Even fewer could have thought that the first group to be impacted by artificial intelligence would be the programmers who developed it.
Today, a Silicon Valley company named NeverMind announced a significant breakthrough in artificial intelligence research, having developed an AI that can autonomously create other AIs.
The main control interface of this AI is very simple, perhaps because it has taken over most of the backend work and only requires a few startup codes to autonomously complete subsequent steps.
“This is as epoch-making as the discovery of gravitational waves,” commented Mr. Jyuusan Hime, CEO of NeverMind.
Programmers immediately sensed a crisis. “I originally thought studying biology had no future, so I switched to being a programmer,” said Mr. Deng Pao Ge, a well-known biologist turned programmer in Silicon Valley, on Twitter: “I never expected that even programmers like me, with thick eyebrows and big mouths, would not have job security anymore.”
Meanwhile, Mr. Deng believes this news is undoubtedly bad news for students majoring in biology—many biology PhD students are planning to escape their plight by becoming programmers, but that door is slowly closing. However, many fifth-year biology PhD students expressed that they are emotionally stable. In their view, such ups and downs in life are not new; they still have three years before graduation to plan their career path.
Back to the programmers. It is reported that many internet companies in Silicon Valley are holding emergency meetings to discuss the details of layoffs.
“This was to be expected,” Mr. Hime added, “In my company, most of the work has already been completed by AI. Now other companies will also enter the AI era.”
The AI developed by NeverMind does not face the question of “which came first, the chicken or the egg.” Although it is an AI that can create other AIs, its designer is an unequivocal human—the programmer surnamed Gou candidly admitted that he never expected the few lines of code he typed would cause such a stir. His thought process was simple: troubled by “deadline syndrome,” and with several AI projects still incomplete before the mid-March first-quarter report, but his parents were pressuring him to find a partner… As the saying goes, giving someone fish is not as good as teaching them to fish; creating an AI is not as good as creating an AI that can create AIs. Thus, the masterpiece named “AlphaGou” was born.
We casually asked about his dating situation, and the programmer shyly replied that the lady found his hair too sparse, so he is still single.
Next, we asked about the difficulties encountered during development. Mr. Gou said there were no difficulties during the development process, just that after completion, the entire department was cut down. “Are you still hiring there?” Mr. Gou asked.
Mr. Gou revealed that the company’s CEO, Mr. Jyuusan Hime, has a motto: “There is no free lunch in this world.”
In practical terms, other than causing employment troubles for programmers and biology PhDs, this AI has no other drawbacks. On the contrary, it may bring many positive changes to society.
First, it can make men and women appear more equal on the surface. Recently, after the sexual harassment scandal at tech company Tadq broke out, feminist organizations conducted a major investigation into the female ratio in Silicon Valley companies. The investigation found that only 15% of Tadq’s technical staff are women. Moreover, the situation is not optimistic for large companies like Iqqing, Snprobbx, and Nveoao, where the female ratios among technical staff are only 19%, 17%, and 26%, respectively. “As long as we are willing, we can always increase the female ratio to 50% by firing male programmers,” said Mr. Straightman, CEO of Tadq. “Thanks to this AI.”
Secondly, it can improve the efficiency of some companies. “The cost of making mistakes in the internet age is enormous. For example, in our department, every time we make a mistake, we have to sacrifice an AI to appease the wrath of the code god,” said a teacher whose real name we cannot disclose. “This AI has greatly improved our efficiency; we no longer worry about not finding an AI to sacrifice!“
Because the whistleblower refused to disclose more information, we can only imagine the sacrificial scene based on the known information.
The setting of this AI can effectively prevent the tragedy of humans being ruled by machines. According to Mr. Gou, it still requires humans to tell it what to do to start operating. “Without humans, it is just a string of code.”
“If someone asks it to develop an AI that is not under human control, what will happen?” our reporter pressed.
“I don’t know what will happen, but I should be able to be rehired to fix it,” Mr. Gou replied, “If I can’t solve it… at least we can unplug it.“
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