yes, we use programming languages to write better programming languages—but there are some people out there who still swear by Emacs [...]
It’s not just computer languages. Computers help build better computers, editors help build better editors—and so on.
Plus there are synergetic loops: computers help build better editors, and editors help build better computers.
Look as the whole system and you see that the whole man-machine symbiosis builds the next generation of man-machine symbiosis.
The result is the cumulative snowballing of technological progress: technology making better technology. That has actually been going on for billions of years, if you include “natural technologies”—such as photosyntesis, cellulose, sexual reproduction—and so on.
The result is what I refer to as the ongoing “technology explosion”. From such a perspective, superintelligent machines are the latest move in an ancient dance.
It’s not just computer languages. Computers help build better computers, editors help build better editors—and so on.
Plus there are synergetic loops: computers help build better editors, and editors help build better computers.
Look as the whole system and you see that the whole man-machine symbiosis builds the next generation of man-machine symbiosis.
The result is the cumulative snowballing of technological progress: technology making better technology. That has actually been going on for billions of years, if you include “natural technologies”—such as photosyntesis, cellulose, sexual reproduction—and so on.
The result is what I refer to as the ongoing “technology explosion”. From such a perspective, superintelligent machines are the latest move in an ancient dance.