@burner it very well could tho. Hell most math done on computers is just approximation with floating points.

@burner basically, "If you can find a cheaper way to get roughly the same result then do that" is one of the things compiler optimisation does. As it stands now it's pretty good but developers will occasionally write certain functions in assembly because they can do it more efficiently than the compiler.

The reason rollercoaster Tycoon 2 ran so well on everything is because the whole game was written in assembly and ran efficiently as possible. AI compilers could debloat pretty much everything. Debloating is actually where AI compilers would shine.

@sjw @burner

This is one of those areas that won't get seriously tackled until AGI is an actual thing.

Rewriting compilers and optimizing it's own codebase/language will likely be one of the first major signposts that tell us we've reached the level of AGI. As you correctly point out, it's an obvious place for an AGI to start improving itself.

We humans can then rebloat it later - just stick a JVM on it and make it gay.