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Comment author: shminux 20 June 2012 08:12:03PM 0 points [-]

Invent a model of a sequential learning algorithm that has access to its own source code and can rewrite it in some way

What would be the first step in doing that? Alternatively, is it really the first step?

This is so far my expertise domain that I hesitate to open up any of these black boxes any further.

You have the essential training in math research. This makes you at least as qualified as probably anyone on the SI staff.

Comment author: [deleted] 20 June 2012 08:33:44PM *  1 point [-]

You have the essential training in math research. This makes you at least as qualified as probably anyone on the SI staff.

You flatter me. My training is in medical imaging and inverse problems, not logic and machine learning. I've probably spent a total of eight hours thinking about sequence learning algorithms in my life.

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