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That just gets you a circular definition: if intelligence is the ability to self-improve, what counts as improvement? Change in the direction of greater intelligence? But then what's intelligence? Etc.
Basically the problem with all this is that there's no such thing as intelligence in the sense of a mathematical property of an algorithm. Intelligence is an informal term for certain types of effectiveness of an algorithm in carrying out tasks in an environment. So the first thing you need to do is figure out what sort of environments you want your AI system to work in, and what sort of tasks you want it to carry out.
Eugen:
> If intelligence is ability to solve hard tasks,>
I use the singinst.org web site def:
www.singinst.org/seedAI/seedAI.html
Self-understanding: The ability to read and comprehend source code; the
ability to understand the function of a code fragment or the purpose of a
module; the ability to understand how subsystems sum together to yield
intelligence; plus the standard general-intelligence ability to observe
and reflect on one's own thoughts.
Self-modification: The ability to optimize a code fragment, modify the
function of a module, or redesign one's own architecture.
Recursive self-enhancement: The ability to make changes that genuinely
increase intelligence, smartness, such that new possible improvements, or
a new class of possible improvements, become visible to the AI.
I do believe that might qualify as a very very hard task.
That just gets you a circular definition: if intelligence is the ability to self-improve, what counts as improvement? Change in the direction of greater intelligence? But then what's intelligence? Etc.
Basically the problem with all this is that there's no such thing as intelligence in the sense of a mathematical property of an algorithm. Intelligence is an informal term for certain types of effectiveness of an algorithm in carrying out tasks in an environment. So the first thing you need to do is figure out what sort of environments you want your AI system to work in, and what sort of tasks you want it to carry out.
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