Friday, July 13, 2007
"An ultra intelligent machine could design even better machines; there would then unquestionably be an ‘intelligence explosion,’ and the intelligence of man would be left far behind. Thus the first ultra intelligent machine is the last invention that man need ever make."
An interesting postulation, I've always been interested in recursive phenomena, positive feedback mechanisms in particular, such as the one above, given their tendency to spectacular behavior. Also intriguing are related occurrences such as infinite cycles in Magic: The Gathering and infinite combination attacks in certain video games.
I think it deserves it's own specialised field of study.
Among other things...
Posted by Calvin at
12:37 am
