Radical overhaul of my paper on the formal theory of simplicity (now saying a little more about pattern, multisimplicity, multipattern, and the underlying foundations of cognitive hierarchy and heterarchy and their synergy...) https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.05269 ... it's much nicer this time around
Occam's Razor 2020 becomes: *when in doubt, prefer hypotheses whose simplicity bundles are Pareto optimal* -- partly cuz this both permits and benefits from the construction of coherent dual networks comprising coordinated/consistent multipattern hierarchies and heterarchies. This, I think, is the version of Occam's Razor that's really "as simple as possible but no simpler" where complex cognitive processing is concerned ... not coincidentally it ties closely w/ OpenCog's multi-goal-based control system and Weaver's Open-Ended Intelligence -- Ben Goertzel, PhD http://goertzel.org “The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.” -- Jack Kerouac ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T7f31810a817f8496-Meec258eb8a168f844cb65e7d Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
