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, ImplicationLink, etc.) or a fuzzy value (as in MemberLink, EvaluationLink). • Strong Self-Modification: This is generally used as synonymous with Self-Modification, in a CogPrime context. • Subsymbolic: Involving processing of data using elements that have no correspondence to natural language terms, nor abst

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nt decision graphs. The decision graph leading to maximal optimization, may not be the one that leads CogPrime cognition in optimal directions. 18.4 Self-Modification via Theorem-Proving Supercompilation is a potentially very valuable tool for self-modification. If one wants to take an existing schema and graduall