I was a little bit concerned about your initial Omohundro reaction.
Omohundro’s material is mostly fine and interesting. It’s a bit of a shame that there isn’t more maths—but it is a difficult area where it is tricky to prove things. Plus, IMO, he has the occasional zany idea that takes your brain to interesting places it didn’t dream of before.
You are right. I hadn’t made that connection. Now I have a little more respect for Omohundro’s work.
I was a little bit concerned about your initial Omohundro reaction.
Omohundro’s material is mostly fine and interesting. It’s a bit of a shame that there isn’t more maths—but it is a difficult area where it is tricky to prove things. Plus, IMO, he has the occasional zany idea that takes your brain to interesting places it didn’t dream of before.
I maintain some Omohundro links here.
As a side point, you could also re-read “Basic AI drives” as “Basic Replicator Drives”—it’s systemic evolution.