The speaker imagines that an efficiently operating recursive loop in which an AI system adapts itself, selects what to explore, and evolves autonomously would constitute a different kind of technology.

“So I can imagine a future where we actually have some kind of recursive loop where the system is adapting itself and it's deciding what things are interesting and it's kind of evolving by itself. When that happens efficiently,”

“I think that is.”

“is a different type of technology.”