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Self-Mutation
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ABSTRACT : People are essentially compiled computer programs.
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When I work on the computer, I feel as though I'm inside the screen, living
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with the pixels, moving physically around the hard drive, jumping from one
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directory to another, calling up Turbo Pascal, compiling and running like the
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most complex program in the world. I wonder how long I took to compile? I
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know I didn't have any bugs, because my parents were able to make a .com file
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out of the source. Sometimes there are run-time bugs, but I haven't crashed
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yet!
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All people/programs mutate. It's a GIGO(1) algorithm for most people, namely
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children and conforming adults. Through their input devices (senses), people
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receive information : how to act, what to think, what to do, where to go (or
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where to STAY). If they've been programmed a certain way, their output
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reflects their input : they want to interface smoothly with the rest of
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society. However, if their programming tells them to think for themselves and
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to self-mutate (AI(2)), then their output is the result of processing. The
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AI's use a lot more CPU(3) time than the GIGO's, let me tell you!
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Do you ever want to edit and recompile your source code? You can't, because it
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was in a RAM(4) disk, and the BRS(5) was pulled long ago. You can't decompile,
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either, because your program would have to end to be re-run. You must be
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content to self-mutate. Do the best you can with the code you have. Mutate to
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your satisfaction.
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{---------------------------------------------------------------------}
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Program Human(input,output);
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type emotionstype = set of [anger,love,hate,joy...];
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bodytype = set of [blood,bone,neuron,...];
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begin {birth}
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{put life program here}
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end. {death}
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{---------------------------------------------------------------------}
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For some, 'end.' is a scary thing. It shouldn't be, though, because every
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program must end. If it didn't, the computer would eventually run out of
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memory, even with a multitasker. This ecosystem can only hold a certain number
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of programs. Try to keep this computer in good repair for future programs.
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A hard disk crash would be mahem...we don't have backup copies.
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Not only do you mutate yourself, you contribute to the mutation of others.
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Every time you take action that effects another program, you mutate it. Every
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time you contact someone, you change them. Remember that some programs are
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very fragile. And everyone has been programmed differently : thus, some vast
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differences arrise.
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Goal : be satisfied with yourcode.
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If not satisfied
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then repeat
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think;
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self-mutate;
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until satisfied;
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Understand?
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- Mad Marvin
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June 6, 1987.
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Terminology :
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(1) GIGO - Garbage-In-Garbage-Out
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(2) AI - Artificial Intelligence
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(3) CPU - Central Processing Unit
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(4) RAM - Random Access Memory (virtual drive)
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(5) BRS - Big Red Switch (turns off IBM computers)
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The following topics were mentioned :
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Heredity vs environment
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Conformity
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Self-esteem and self-satisfaction
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The fragility of life
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Death
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Conservation and pollution
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Nuclear war
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Kindness to others
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Individuality and acceptance of differences
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Changing oneself
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Goal-orientation
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