Well, this whole chapter of the wikibook deals with these issues... http://www.opencog.org/wiki/OpenCogPrime:WikiBook#Probabilistic_Evolutionary_Learning
most of that chapter is about various strategies for using background knowledge to guide probabilistic evolutionary learning As you note From complexity to creativity is a theoretical work, not a work of AI design... ben On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 5:54 AM, Mike Tintner <tint...@blueyonder.co.uk>wrote: > Ben:"unlike with CopyCat, there is a coherent body of theory explaining > why it could be expected to work.All this is very explicitly explained in > the OpenCogPrime book (and in the Novamente book that you read before > that)." > > If it's not too much, could you point me to the relevant sections? (I > presume you wouldn't argue that From Complexity to Creativity - to which > I still intend to return - offers such explanations for its ideas. So I'd > be v. interested). > ------------------------------ > *agi* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/> | > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&>Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > -- Ben Goertzel, PhD CEO, Novamente LLC and Biomind LLC Director of Research, SIAI b...@goertzel.org "I intend to live forever, or die trying." -- Groucho Marx ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=123753653-47f84b Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com