[ianbutler]

Honest question, how would you expect systems to get external knowledge etc without tools like the OP is suggesting?

Action oriented through self exploration? What is your thought for how these systems integrate with the existing world?

Why does the OP's suggested mode of integration make you think of those older systems?

[namaria]

The premise of deep learning is the automated 'absorption' of knowledge.

If we're back to curating it by hand and imparting it by writing code manually, how exactly are these systems an improvement on the 80's idea of building expert systems?