[dudouble]

Thank you for this comment. I'd never really considered this and it is blowing my mind.

[xsmasher]

This is what some people call "the singularity" - once an intelligence can upgrade itself it can design better machines than we can, which can design better machines than they can... technology will leap ahead at a rate we won't be able to comprehend.

[lagrange77]

I'm no expert, take it with a grain of salt :)