You’re saying engineering is a special case of self-modification, and I’m saying that self-modification is a special case of engineering, so we seem to agree that they’re the same thing and we’re arguing about what to call it.
IMO “self-modification” is a misleading thing to call it, since you’ve defined the term to include constructing an entirely new AI. The AI doesn’t have a self, it’s just a collection of hardware.
However, I don’t like to debate definitions so I won’t belabor the point.
You’re saying engineering is a special case of self-modification, and I’m saying that self-modification is a special case of engineering, so we seem to agree that they’re the same thing and we’re arguing about what to call it.
IMO “self-modification” is a misleading thing to call it, since you’ve defined the term to include constructing an entirely new AI. The AI doesn’t have a self, it’s just a collection of hardware.
However, I don’t like to debate definitions so I won’t belabor the point.