Post-AI Computer Science Volume 5 Proposes 'Semantic Recursion' for Emergent Goals
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Youngjin Kang's essay "Post-AI Computer Science" Volume 5 argues that a meaningful software system needs goals that can reproduce themselves through what he calls "semantic recursion," in which each child objective is nearly as powerful as its parent. Kang builds the argument from a simple premise: whatever the system's administrator declares becomes true. He then shows how "and" bundles multiple declarations into a single statement whose effects persist over time. The volume is a conceptual essay rather than a report of an implemented or tested system, so the claims describe Kang's proposed framework, not demonstrated results.
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Youngjin Kang's "Post-AI Computer Science" Volume 5 argues that a meaningful software system needs goals capable of reproducing themselves through "semantic recursion," where each child-objective is nearly as powerful as its parent. The essay builds this from a simple premise—whatever the system's administrator declares becomes true—and shows how "and" bundles multiple declarations into one statement whose effects persist over time.
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