I suppose you could even just call fork to call the C compiler from C, to produce a DLL which can then be accessed by the same program. It's just a matter of writing a library once to do it, and you're set from then on.
On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 5:20 PM, Aaron Hosford <[email protected]> wrote: > 2. I believe that AGI can’t move forward until programs have the >> unlimited ability to create other programs. This hasn’t happened yet and >> therefore I have no proof that this capability will be more successful than >> current approaches BUT at least it isn’t one of the techniques that we know >> doesn’t work. >> > **** >> My guess is that this isn't necessary. As long as they can change their >> internal maps and structures in the data -- that should be close enough to >> creating from-scratch programs to solve AI/AGI problems. But, one >> computer's data is another computer's program. > > > > There's also Lisp (where every program is a nested list, and any properly > formed nested list can therefore be executed as a program, one of the > reasons Lisp has always been touted as an AI language), C# and Python > (where a program can create a string and request it to be byte-compiled and > executed as a program), and other interpreted or byte-compiled languages > that work along similar lines. I don't know of any offhand, but I'm sure > there are machine code-compiled languages that have a similar feature. This > isn't a new feature to programming languages, it's just not a commonly used > one. > > > > > On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 2:48 PM, Dimitry Volfson <[email protected]>wrote: > >> A couple comments below: >> >> >> On 1/10/2013 11:54 AM, David Clark wrote: >> >> This response is for Aaron and John.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Both, however, are mathematical. You are shadow boxing.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Again, conclusions with no supporting arguments.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Although I don’t put much value in “beliefs” or “intuition”, I am guilty >> of a few as well.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> 1. I believe that AGI can be created using software we have today, >> on computers that exist today. AGI has not been created yet so I have no >> proof that this is true, even though I am acting as if it is. >> >> Probably true. Some problems can be solved with much older computers just >> because we have many more training examples now than ever before -- that >> can be digested by a lot of processing and the digested info can be passed >> along to lesser power computers. And, the computing power that Watson >> requires can be had for just $200 per hour from Amazon's service, so anyone >> can rent a supercomputer. >> >> **** >> >> 2. I believe that AGI can’t move forward until programs have the >> unlimited ability to create other programs. This hasn’t happened yet and >> therefore I have no proof that this capability will be more successful than >> current approaches BUT at least it isn’t one of the techniques that we know >> doesn’t work.**** >> >> >> My guess is that this isn't necessary. As long as they can change their >> internal maps and structures in the data -- that should be close enough to >> creating from-scratch programs to solve AI/AGI problems. But, one >> computer's data is another computer's program. >> >> -- Dimitry Volfson >> *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> >> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/23050605-2da819ff> | >> Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription >> <http://www.listbox.com> >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> *Woman is 53 But Looks 25* >> Mom reveals 1 simple wrinkle trick that has angered doctors... >> <http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3142/50ef2935323102934059dst03vuc> >> ConsumerLifestyleMag.com<http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3142/50ef2935323102934059dst03vuc> > > > ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
