On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 06:57:54PM -0000, Anand Manikutty wrote: > I assume that by GA, you mean Genetic Algorithms. Genetic Algorithms are > a search heuristic. GA doesn't change the conclusions of my analysis.
The Darwinian evolution is a "search heuristic", too. > In his reply to my email, William Nordhaus <nordhaus.econ.yale.edu> > suggested viewing this in terms of the elasticity of substitution of X > where X would include computation and other factors of production. Is it > sufficiently high? Neither he nor I think that it is. He also had an > excellent reference on the topic, and I would be happy to pass it on if > anybody is interested.Anand Please don't top-post and please trim your replies (message unchanged below). > --- In [email protected], Sirtaj Singh Kang <sirtaj@...> wrote: > > > > > > On 07-Feb-11, at 12:30 PM, Anand Manikutty wrote: > > > > > I have discussed this issue with the people at the Singularity > > > meetup. None of them is able to tell me how exactly AI could engage > > > in "continuous self-improvement", an idea which lies at the heart of > > > the Singularity argument. I believe that "continuous self- > > > improvement" is a purely hypothetical possibility. > > > > At its most basic, a GA requires some variables and a fitness function > > - http://megaswf.com/serve/102223/ > > > > -Taj. > > > -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org";>leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE
