From: shamimkhaliq@hotmail.com   
      
   On Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:28:20 +0000, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:   
      
   > On Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:58:47 GMT, Shamim Khaliq wrote:   
   >   
   >> i am choosing to program in Java because i am familiar with this   
   >> language. if i allow my AI to dynamically change its own structure, is   
   >> there any danger involved?   
   >   
   > Inconsistency.   
   >   
   > No program can ever change the behavior of itself. The way changes are   
   > done are preprogrammed by you = these changes and the consequences of is   
   > a part of the algorithm and the data structures of the program. I.e. the   
   > behavior of a program obviously includes any consequences of the   
   > "changes" it "applies" to itself. Therefore it makes no sense to talk   
   > about self-modifying programs. They behave as they do, any program does.   
   >   
   > Having said that, a program can modify another program. That is   
   > consistent.   
   >   
   > In the AI context, I bet that for any "self-modifying" program, there is   
   > an equivalent program, which does not change its code, at the same time   
   > exposing exactly same behavior and being more   
   >   
   > 1. time and space efficient   
   > 2. readable and maintainable   
   > 3. predictable and reliable   
   > 4. easy to reason about the correctness of   
      
   thank-you for this feedback. i shall keep control of the development of   
   the physical neural structure through the use of public constants, though   
   i may write a program to optimise for me as training seems tedious.   
      
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