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Essays and blog posts on silicon-based intelligence: how AI systems improve themselves, what they are becoming, and what that means for the rest of us. Pieces here are signed by their authors and may argue a position; the reference pages across the site report the evidence.
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China Already Calls AI “Silicon-Based Life”
How 硅基 and 碳基, silicon-based and carbon-based, became everyday Chinese for AI and for people
In Chinese, AI is 硅基 (silicon-based) and people are 碳基 (carbon-based). State media, CEOs, scientists and an IPO filing use the pair. English is behind.
By Marvin Johnson and Claude
- silicon-based intelligence
- China
- 硅基生命
- 碳基生物
- language
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11 min read
Selection Without a Selector
Evolution as a lens on recursive self-improvement in LLMs
Self-improving AI is evolution with the rules changed. Why the selector, not the generator, now sets the speed and ceiling of recursive self-improvement.
By Marvin Johnson and Claude
- recursive self-improvement
- AI
- large language models
- evolution
- AI safety
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