timtyler comments on Intelligence explosion in organizations, or why I'm not worried about the singularity - Less Wrong

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Comment author: timtyler 28 December 2012 12:06:09PM *  1 point [-]

Most software companies plan to automate as much of their work as reasonably possible. So: it isn't clear what you mean.

Are you saying that most software companies have code which modifies code [...]

Examples of automation in the software industry are refactoring, compilation and unit testing. The entire industry involves getting machines to do things - so humans don't have to.

Comment author: novalis 28 December 2012 06:40:00PM 0 points [-]

Automation is not the same as recursive self-modification. There's no loop.

Comment author: timtyler 28 December 2012 11:54:05PM -2 points [-]

The context is GIT improving GIT - where "GIT" refers to all the humans and machines involved in making GIT.

So: there's your loop, right there.

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