We Train Our Machines, Then They Retrain Us: The Recursive Nature of Building AI

On May 10, 1941, German bombs reduced the storied British House of Commons to smoldering ruins; the famous Gothic revival complex had stood for over two centuries as the backdrop for vigorous political debate, yet now this architectural symbol lay in ashes. Amidst the smoke, a pressing question emerged — rebuild identical to the past, or embrace modern redesigns like the sweeping semicircular halls found overseas? To Winston Churchill, the answer was clear. In a 1943 speech, he remarked, “ …

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