… if we’re talking about code that is capable of itself generating executable code as output in response to situations that arise
Again, it really shouldn’t be doing that. It should have the capacity to learn new skills and build new neural networks to do so. That doesn’t require new code, it just requires a routine to initialize a new set of ANN objects at runtime.
If it somehow follows from that that there’s an absolute blueprint in it for how every part of it will react to any stimuli in a way that is categorically different from how human genetics specify how humans will respond to any environment, then I don’t follow the connection… sorry. I have only an interested layman’s understanding of ANNs.
Again, it really shouldn’t be doing that. It should have the capacity to learn new skills and build new neural networks to do so. That doesn’t require new code, it just requires a routine to initialize a new set of ANN objects at runtime.
If it somehow follows from that that there’s an absolute blueprint in it for how every part of it will react to any stimuli in a way that is categorically different from how human genetics specify how humans will respond to any environment, then I don’t follow the connection… sorry. I have only an interested layman’s understanding of ANNs.