Comment Re:AI is still not magic (Score 1) 574
Oh man, the self-modifying code canard. Look, DNA modifying itself happens, right? It even sort of happens by design.
That doesn't mean mutations are necessarily meaningful. Most are terminal. Code is exactly the same. Most modifications are terminal. None are going to result in substantial changes to the architecture of the system. Not without lots of natural selection.
And you're underestimating our understanding of our brains.