https://terms-en.ai-term-hub.com/en/tags/self-modification/Recent content in Self Modification on English AI Terms DictionaryHugoen-usSat, 18 Jul 2026 11:44:44 +0000https://terms-en.ai-term-hub.com/en/terms/g%C3%B6del_machine/Sat, 18 Jul 2026 10:00:43 +0000https://terms-en.ai-term-hub.com/en/terms/g%C3%B6del_machine/<h2 id="definition">Definition</h2> <p>The Gödel machine is a hypothetical universal problem solver proposed by Jürgen Schmidhuber, based on formal logic and computability theory. It operates by continuously analyzing its own source code and environment to find proofs that a modification would improve performance according to its utility function. If such a proof is found, it safely rewrites its own code to implement the improvement. This concept represents the pinnacle of self-modifying intelligence, though it faces significant practical challenges regarding computational complexity and the undecidability of finding optimal self-improvement proofs within finite time.</p>