Machines built upon nanotechnology of a kind that is far more advanced than anything we can achieve In Silico today.
If we understand how our source code (DNA) implements intelligence, and if we can edit it, do we become recursively self-improving machines?
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Of course, the short answer is no -- there would be rather limited potential for recursive self-improvement, much like with human-level AGI.
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The editing of DNA is the easy part. Delivering it to every somatic cell in the human body without side effects isn't.
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Intelligence is an attractive quality that biases reproductive selection, so yeah. There is a recursive improvement there.
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Yes? Obviously at a slow pace and somewhat limited results (DNA is still just 4 editing meatbags).Can be sped up: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/535661/engineering-the-perfect-baby/ …
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I should say it would only be "recursive" if the gain we get from imprvmnt. leads to a greater gain in the next generation.
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Hope so
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We already are. We would just become more efficient at it.
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Can we edit simpler somatic stuff first? Edit out some diseases? We barely undertand how brain works, let alone how intllgnce is DNA encoded
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DNA code is a very unstable balance for human physiology. Improve one function, break two. Global minimum takes millions of years to find.
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