Re: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence

2007-05-21 Thread Shane Legg
Matt, Shane Legg's definition of universal intelligence requires (I believe) complexity but not adaptability. In a universal intelligence test the agent never knows what the environment it is facing is. It can only try to learn from experience and adapt in order to perform well. This means

There is no definition of intelligence [WAS Re: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence]

2007-05-21 Thread Richard Loosemore
Matt Mahoney wrote: --- Richard Loosemore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Matt Mahoney wrote: I think there is a different role for chaos theory. Richard Loosemore describes a system as intelligent if it is complex and adaptive. NO, no no no no! I already denied this. Misunderstanding: I do

Re: There is no definition of intelligence [WAS Re: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence]

2007-05-21 Thread Pei Wang
Richard, I agree with you that intelligence currently has no classical/objective/true/formal definition. However, I hope your opinion (given the title of the post) won't be understood as you can take intelligence to mean whatever you want, and since the term has no definition, all attempts

Re: There is no definition of intelligence [WAS Re: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence]

2007-05-21 Thread Richard Loosemore
Pei Wang wrote: Richard, I agree with you that intelligence currently has no classical/objective/true/formal definition. However, I hope your opinion (given the title of the post) won't be understood as you can take intelligence to mean whatever you want, and since the term has no definition,

Re: There is no definition of intelligence [WAS Re: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence]

2007-05-21 Thread Pei Wang
Richard, It seems that the major difference between you and me is not on the definition of intelligence, but on the definition of definition. :) Pei On 5/21/07, Richard Loosemore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pei Wang wrote: Richard, I agree with you that intelligence currently has no

RE: There is no definition of intelligence [WAS Re: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence]

2007-05-21 Thread John G. Rose
.listbox.com Subject: Re: There is no definition of intelligence [WAS Re: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence] Richard, I agree with you that intelligence currently has no classical/objective/true/formal definition. However, I hope your opinion (given the title of the post) won't

RE: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence

2007-05-20 Thread John G. Rose
I'm probably not answering your question but have been thinking more on all this. There's the usual thermodynamics stuff and relativistic physics that is going on with intelligence and flipping bits within this universe, verses the no-friction universe or Newtonian setup. But what I've been

RE: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence

2007-05-20 Thread John G. Rose
, 2007 11:45 AM To: agi@v2.listbox.com Subject: RE: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence I'm probably not answering your question but have been thinking more on all this. There's the usual thermodynamics stuff and relativistic physics that is going on with intelligence and flipping

RE: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence

2007-05-20 Thread Matt Mahoney
--- John G. Rose [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But what I've been thinking and this is probably just reiterating what someone else has worked through but basically a large part of intelligence is chaos control, chaos feedback loops, operating within complexity. Intelligence is some sort of delicate

Re: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence

2007-05-20 Thread Richard Loosemore
Matt Mahoney wrote: I think there is a different role for chaos theory. Richard Loosemore describes a system as intelligent if it is complex and adaptive. NO, no no no no! I already denied this. Misunderstanding: I do not say that a system as intelligent if it is complex and adaptive.

Re: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence

2007-05-20 Thread Matt Mahoney
--- Richard Loosemore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Matt Mahoney wrote: I think there is a different role for chaos theory. Richard Loosemore describes a system as intelligent if it is complex and adaptive. NO, no no no no! I already denied this. Misunderstanding: I do not say

RE: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence

2007-05-20 Thread John G. Rose
Well I'm going into conjecture area because my technical knowledge of some of these disciplines is weak, but I'll keep going just for grins. Take an example of an entity existing in a higher level of consciousness - a Buddha who has achieved enlightenment. What is going on there? Verses and ant

RE: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence

2007-05-20 Thread Matt Mahoney
--- John G. Rose [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well I'm going into conjecture area because my technical knowledge of some of these disciplines is weak, but I'll keep going just for grins. Take an example of an entity existing in a higher level of consciousness - a Buddha who has achieved

RE: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence

2007-05-19 Thread John G. Rose
OK I get it - there's a super infinite intelligence and then an efficient intelligence that is represented and operates within our physical universe restricted by thermodynamics and such? Sounds reasonable. So what's all the hubbub about definitions of intelligence? Sounds pretty straight

RE: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence

2007-05-19 Thread Matt Mahoney
--- John G. Rose [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So what's all the hubbub about definitions of intelligence? Sounds pretty straight forward to me. I guess people want intelligence to be useful, not just complex :-) This raises a question. Suppose you had a very large program consisting of random

RE: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence

2007-05-18 Thread Matt Mahoney
--- John G. Rose [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did you arrive at some sort of unit for intelligence? Typically measurements are constructed of combinations of basic units for example 1 watt = 1 kg * m^2/s^3. Or is it not a unit but a set of units? It is a unitless number. It is measured in

RE: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence

2007-05-18 Thread John G. Rose
Time, entropy, bits, What else? -Original Message- From: John G. Rose [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 9:14 AM To: agi@v2.listbox.com Subject: RE: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence Time has to included maybe? -Original Message- From

RE: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence

2007-05-18 Thread John G. Rose
Time has to included maybe? -Original Message- From: Matt Mahoney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 7:55 AM To: agi@v2.listbox.com Subject: RE: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence --- John G. Rose [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did you arrive at some sort

RE: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence

2007-05-18 Thread Matt Mahoney
and MFLOPS on various benchmarks... -Original Message- From: Matt Mahoney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 7:55 AM To: agi@v2.listbox.com Subject: RE: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence --- John G. Rose [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did you

RE: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence

2007-05-18 Thread John G. Rose
have a cognition engine it operates over time and it will have units. -Original Message- From: Matt Mahoney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 9:48 AM To: agi@v2.listbox.com Subject: RE: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence --- John G. Rose [EMAIL

RE: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence

2007-05-18 Thread Matt Mahoney
--- John G. Rose [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There's Newtonian and relativistic intelligence. Probably can model intelligence formulas after physics because without physics there are no bits so time needs to be in there as well. Intelligence is affected by the speed of light as data

RE: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence

2007-05-18 Thread John G. Rose
Pretty good calculations :) Some thoughts on the topic of units and equations, some may be obvious or redundant - If something was extremely intelligent it would have an exact copy, bit for bit, of the whole universe in its head. Maybe that's saying that the universe is 100% intelligent

Re: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence

2007-05-18 Thread Benjamin Goertzel
According to my view, -- raw intelligence would be measured in bits -- efficient intelligence would ultimately be measured in terms such as bits/ (4D volume of a region of spacetime) As noted the Bekenstein bound thus places an upper limit on efficient intelligence according to current

Re: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence

2007-05-17 Thread Shane Legg
Ben, According to this distinction, AIXI and evolution have high intelligence but low efficient intelligence. Yes, and in the case of AIXI it is presumably zero given that the resource consumption is infinite. Evolution on the other hand is just efficient enough that when implemented on a

Re: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence

2007-05-17 Thread Benjamin Goertzel
Nevertheless, it is still the end product raw intelligence generated by the system that really excites me, rather than statistics on its internal efficiency. Shane Yeah, I agree with that. But like I said, the question is whether in the real world, efficiency needs to be considered as

Re: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence

2007-05-17 Thread Pei Wang
Ben and Shane, I started this discussion with the hope to show people that there are actually different understandings (or call them definitions ) of intelligence, each with its intuitions and motivations, and they lead to different destinations and serve different purposes. These goals cannot

Re: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence

2007-05-17 Thread Benjamin Goertzel
Pei, I think it all comes out in the wash, really ;-) You are talking about insufficient knowledge and resources and my discussion of efficiency only pertains to the insufficient resources part. But I think insufficient knowledge comes along automatically with insufficient resources +

Re: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence

2007-05-17 Thread Pei Wang
On 5/17/07, Benjamin Goertzel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pei, I think it all comes out in the wash, really ;-) You are going beyond my English capability. ;-) You are talking about insufficient knowledge and resources and my discussion of efficiency only pertains to the insufficient

Re: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence

2007-05-17 Thread Richard Loosemore
Pei Wang wrote: On 5/17/07, Benjamin Goertzel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pei, I think it all comes out in the wash, really ;-) You are going beyond my English capability. ;-) Translation: It doesn't matter one way or the other. ;-) Richard Loosemore. - This list is sponsored by

Re: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence

2007-05-17 Thread Josh Treadwell
Mark, it seems that you're missing the point. We as humans aren't ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN of anything. But we are perfectly capable of operating on the fine line between assumed certainty and uncertainty. We KNOW that molecules are made of up bonded atoms, but past a certain point, we can't say

Re: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence

2007-05-17 Thread Matt Mahoney
--- Pei Wang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To me, traditional computer science (CS) studies what is the best solution to a problem if the system has SUFFICIENT knowledge and resources, and AI is about what is the best solution to a problem if the system has INSUFFICIENT knowledge and resources. I

Re: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence

2007-05-17 Thread Pei Wang
On 5/17/07, Mike Tintner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pei: AI is about what is the best solution to a problem if the system has INSUFFICIENT knowledge and resources. Just so. I have just spent the last hour thinking about this area, and you have spoken the line I allotted to you almost perfectly.

Re: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence

2007-05-17 Thread Pei Wang
Richard, Thanks! But to me, it is 差之毫厘,谬以千里 --- a Chinese idiom meaning An error the breadth of a single hair (in working definitions) can lead you a thousand miles astray (in research results) --- of course, the word in parenthesis are mine ;-) Pei On 5/17/07, Richard Loosemore [EMAIL

Re: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence

2007-05-17 Thread Pei Wang
On 5/17/07, Matt Mahoney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Pei Wang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To me, traditional computer science (CS) studies what is the best solution to a problem if the system has SUFFICIENT knowledge and resources, and AI is about what is the best solution to a problem if the

Re: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence

2007-05-17 Thread Mike Tintner
Pei, I don't think these distinctions between terms really matter in the final analysis - right, optimal etc. What I'm assuming, however you define it, is that you are saying that AI can find one solution that is better than others under conditions of insufficient knowledge/uncertainty - and

Re: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence

2007-05-17 Thread Mike Tintner
Josh: Any well designed AI system should not have the masturbatory tendencies to take unjustified risks. Josh, Jeez, you guys will not face reality. MOST of the problems we deal with involve risks (and uncertainty). That's what human intelligence does most of the time - that's what any

Re: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence

2007-05-17 Thread Benjamin Goertzel
*Won't somebody actually deal with the problem - how will your AGI system decide to invest or not to invest $10,000 in a Chinese mutual fund tomorrow? (You guys are supposed to be in the problem-solving business).* Look, a Novamente-based AGI system could confront this problem in 1's of

Re: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence

2007-05-17 Thread J Storrs Hall, PhD
On Thursday 17 May 2007 03:36:36 pm Matt Mahoney wrote: What if you had sufficient computing power. Then how would you solve AGI? This is actually the basis of my approach. I just assume the brain has on the order of 1K times more processing power than I have to experiment with, so I look

Re: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence

2007-05-17 Thread J Storrs Hall, PhD
On Thursday 17 May 2007 04:42:33 pm Mike Tintner wrote: Won't somebody actually deal with the problem - how will your AGI system decide to invest or not to invest $10,000 in a Chinese mutual fund tomorrow? (You guys are supposed to be in the problem-solving business). Au contraire. Mainstream

Re: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence

2007-05-17 Thread Mark Waser
Ben, Why are you still encouraging an obvious troll? - Original Message - From: Benjamin Goertzel To: agi@v2.listbox.com Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 4:47 PM Subject: Re: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence Won't somebody actually deal with the problem

Re: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence

2007-05-17 Thread J Storrs Hall, PhD
On Thursday 17 May 2007 05:36:17 pm Mike Tintner wrote: You don't start a creative process with the solution, or the kind of solution you reckon you need, i.e. in this case, the kind of architectures that you reckon will bring about AGI. Wrong. Technological innovations are quite frequently

Re: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence

2007-05-17 Thread Benjamin Goertzel
: Ben, Why are you still encouraging an obvious troll? - Original Message - *From:* Benjamin Goertzel [EMAIL PROTECTED] *To:* agi@v2.listbox.com *Sent:* Thursday, May 17, 2007 4:47 PM *Subject:* Re: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence *Won't somebody actually deal

Re: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence

2007-05-17 Thread Benjamin Goertzel
*Sent:* Thursday, May 17, 2007 4:47 PM *Subject:* Re: [agi] Intelligence vs Efficient Intelligence *Won't somebody actually deal with the problem - how will your AGI system decide to invest or not to invest $10,000 in a Chinese mutual fund tomorrow? (You guys are supposed to be in the problem