Re: So, if I understand things correctly...
You could argue that computers have been more 'intelligent' than quite a lot of humans for quite some time. Computers don't appear to be compelled to re-invent the wheel - having said that - you could probably build some pretty cool AI (ok - lets just call it an algorithm) that forks npm projects and makes subtle changes and creates new components from them. Create some industry buzz and off we go !
What can you make with 475,000 building blocks (and climbing) ? probably a total mess.
