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Luke_A_Somers comments on Is there a recursive self-improvement hierarchy? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 29 October 2015 03:32:47PM *  1 point [-]

You said a different sub-agent. That sounds to me like a much larger structure than the current deepest function.

A function does not need to have most of the characteristics which go with 'agency', like modeling the world and having preferences. It just needs to execute machine instructions. If you just meant 'right in front of the execution pointer', then ok.