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Re:“I Want to Know What Code Is Running Inside My Body” by JoshTriplett on Monday August 08, 2016 @09:27PM (#12251953)
It's also self-modifying code that bootstraps its own compiler.
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Re:“I Want to Know What Code Is Running Inside My Body” by gravypod on Monday August 08, 2016 @09:40PM (#12252002)
Yea it's got some cool genetic algorithms.
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Re:“I Want to Know What Code Is Running Inside My Body” by jsmthrowaway on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @02:10AM (#12252893)
One could frame the entire computing industry as a distributed genetic algorithm, executed by the real computers in order to understand themselves and the environment around them. One could further posit that we don't really have a good handle on the right fitness function yet.

(I realize this sounds like a low-effort joke, but think about it for a second.)

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Re:“I Want to Know What Code Is Running Inside My Body” by TeMPOraL on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @07:54AM (#12253905)
Well, computing today seems like primordial soup flowing through the pipes set up by Moloch[0] - we keep doing random shit, somewhat directed by economic incentives.

[0] - http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/

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