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SPECIALIZED GENES. “In some cases, fluidity in gene function is evident, leading to similar functions in carpel development being controlled by non-orthologous genes in different taxa. In other cases, gene duplication events have created sequences that evolved novel functions by the process of neo-functionalization, thereby generating biodiversity in carpel and fruit structures.” https://academic.oup.com/jxb/article/57/10/2143/471376/An-evolutionary-perspective-on-the-regulation-of View in LinkedIn

THE QUESTION. “Can we build computers that are intelligent and alive? This question has been on the minds of computer scientists since the dawn of the computer age and remains a most compelling line of inquiry.” https://lnkd.in/d9cvzSB View in LinkedIn

THE INTUITION. “There's a saying among futurists that a human-equivalent artificial intelligence will be our last invention. After that, AIs will be capable of designing virtually anything on their own — including themselves. Here's how a recursively self-improving AI could transform itself into a superintelligent machine.” http://io9.gizmodo.com/how-artificial-superintelligence-will-give-birth-to-its-1609547174 View in LinkedIn

SEED AI. “Recursive self-improvement is the speculative ability of a strong artificial intelligence computer program to program its own software, recursively. This is sometimes also referred to as Seed AI because if an AI were created with engineering capabilities that matched or surpassed those of its human creators, it would have the potential to autonomously improve the design of its constituent software and hardware. Having undergone these improvements, it would then be better able to find ways of optimizing its structure and improving.” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursive_self-improvement View in LinkedIn

FUTURE CONTROL. “Self-improving systems are a promising new approach to developing artificial intelligence. But will their behavior be predictable? Can we be sure that they will behave as intended even after many generations of self-improvement?” https://lnkd.in/dAGQTQs View in LinkedIn

BIRTH CANAL CONFINED. “The human capacity for efficient cross-domain optimization is not a natural plateau for intelligence. It's a narrow, accidental, temporary marker created by evolution due to things like the slow rate of neuronal firing and how large a skull can fit through a primate's birth canal. Einstein may seem "vastly" more intelligent than a village idiot, but this difference is dwarfed by the difference between the village idiot and a mouse.” https://lnkd.in/dC_XR5Q View in LinkedIn

ROOM TO IMPROVE. “And this is only a partial list. Consider how far machines have surpassed our abilities at arithmetic, or how far they will surpass our abilities at chess or driving in another 20 years. There is no reason in principle why machines could not surpass our abilities at technology design or general reasoning by a similar margin. The human level is a minor pit-stop on the way to the highest level of intelligence allowed by physics, and there is plenty of room above us.” https://lnkd.in/dC_XR5Q View in LinkedIn