Linas Vepstas:> > >Let's take Novamente as an example. ... It cannot improve itself> > >until the following things happen:> > >> > >1) It acquires the knowledge and skills to become a competent> > > programmer, a task that takes a human many years of directed> > > training and practical experience.> > Wrong. This was hashed to death in previous emails; and then again > probably several more times before I joined the list. > > Anyone care to assemble a position paper on "self improvement"> that reviews the situation? I'm slightly irritated by the > recurring speculation and misunderstanding. Ok, the conversation was about how Novamente could recursively self-improve itself into a runaway hard takeoff scenario. You're claiming that it can do so without the knowledge or skills of a competent programmer, with the very convincing argument "Wrong". Care to elaborate at all? Or is your only purpose to communicate your slight irritation?
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