TheOtherDave comments on Welcome to Less Wrong! (2012) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TheOtherDave 25 April 2012 04:48:00AM 1 point [-]

This seems to presume a crisp distinction between code and data, yes?
That distinction is not always so crisp. Code fragments can serve as data, for example.
But, sure, it's reasonable to say a system is learning but not self-modifying if the system does preserve such a crisp distinction and its code hasn't changed.