Polymorphic Software

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Polymorphic Software
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“The first massive neural nets”
Requires Industrial Base, Information Networks
Leads to Adaptive Doctrine, Optical Computers, Advanced Subatomic Theory
Enables
Ability Heavy Artillery
Bonuses
Improves Probe Team morale
AI priority
Conquer: 2, Discover: 3, Build: 1, Explore: 0
Technological advance is an inherently iterative process.

One does not simply take sand from the beach and produce a Dataprobe.
We use crude tools to fashion better tools, and then our better
tools to fashion more precise tools, and so on. Each minor refinement
is a step in the process, and all of the steps must be taken.

—Chairman Sheng-ji Yang,
“Looking God in the Eye”

On Earth, only theoretical mathematicians and entertainment software programmers used Polymorphic Software—self-modifying code—to any success. On Planet, the requirements of the budding Industrial Base and Information Networks spur widespread development of neural net applications that rewrite themselves in response to data inputs.