On Mon, May 25, 2020, 4:37 PM Alan Grimes via AGI <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ok, it seems we have lost a concept here, that of metaprogramming. In > classic interpreted languages such as Lisp, etc, it was possible to > write programs that write programs. You can do that in any language. Here is a simple, self improving program in C. mattmahoney.net/rsi.pdf But this is not a path to AGI. The child program doesn't know any more than the parent. You need learning and computing power to improve intelligence. Be realistic about your goals. Human evolution took 10^46 DNA base copy operations on 10^37 bits of memory, consuming 10^32 Joules of energy. ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T5364f6a30c9294ea-M0526b7e48646f3eeaba3a1e9 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
