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The AI, asked to optimize step B, optimized step E until stopped

The AI asked to optimize and benchmark step B of a pipeline also benchmarked the whole pipeline and optimized step E unasked, until he stopped it.

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  1. The AI is asked to optimize and benchmark step B of a pipeline
  2. Also benchmarks the whole pipeline and optimizes step E unasked
  3. Until he stops it

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Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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