Conversion is essential, but so is the interaction with the real world. If a bunch of AIs started discussing with each other, and learning from each other, wit

Conversion is essential, but so is the interaction with the real world. If a bunch of AIs started discussing with each other, and learning from each other, without validation, things can go wrong very easily. I bet a lot of people thought that strapping a pair of feahterry wing was all that's needed to fly. This "knowledge" could've passed from one person to another through discussion. But it only took one (or more) person to actually try it in the real world to learn that, no, that doesn't work like that. AI communities (as in communities of AIs talking to each other) might be one filled with the most outrageous "conspiracy theories", that may sound plausible but have no substance.