Neural networks
Greg P. Wrote:
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> Students and professors at some university are using a genetic algorithm
> to create a new, useful, programming language. Then, the computer,
> using a neural network, would teach itself the language, and write an
> improved genetic algorithm, to create an improved language, and an
> improved neural net.
> Which is scary.
On the contrary, I think it's a wonderful thought !
This reminds me of when I was a child. I had this idea: If I could
jump a little bit up in the air, and then while still in the air, perform
another jump right away, I might be able to get higher and higher
up until finally I would fly !
As you can see, I was not a very bright child 
I don't think the idea you mentioned would work, though, not in a
long while anyway. At any point, a human being would be able to
work out a much better improvement of the language algorithm than
the neural network in question. This of course due to the fact that
our own NNs are far more powerful than what can be made with
artificial means, and probably will be for another 50 years at least.
But then, that's just MHO, and I'm still not very bright, so you may
be right anyway...
BTW: A month ago I asked whether anyone on the list was
interested in, or was working with artificial neural networks,
but I got no feedback. I'm trying to make some general Euphoria
functions for a network with some kind of backpropagation in E.
I'd still like to know whether anyone else is doing the same
thing, or perhaps already has completed some functions.
Regards,
Tor Bernhard Gausen
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