Why a Sudoku-solving program looks smart: Recursion, backtracking, and the idea of 'trying from the most likely failure points'

I was thinking about a program to solve Sudoku.You fill a 9x9 grid with numbers from 1 to 9. The same number must not be ...

Just Splitting Mahjong Tiles Leads to a Massive Flowchart—The Invention of Recursive Functions

When studying programming, you notice something strange.Processes that are extremely complex for humans to think through can ...
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Why Is Everyone Freaking Out About Recursive Self-Improvement?

What happens when artificial intelligence systems start to think for themselves, make themselves more powerful and escape human control in their quest to achieve superintelligence? That prospect has ...