[ExI] An AI program that teaches itself

[Adrian Tymes]

On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 3:52 PM, John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:
> It seems to me the next logical step would be to switch the program's
> interest from getting better at the game of GO to improving computer code,
> including its own. I wonder where that could lead.

Who judges whether the result is an improvement?  In go, there is an
objective standard it can assess repeatedly, with no need for human
supervision.  One could apply this to specific problems, largely with
known solutions, but general-purpose problem solving - indeed, where
simply concretely defining the problem may be the first step - is a
whole other matter.