It stems from a larger metaphysics principle in Aristotle's works: Something comes into being, and then passes away. It's a transition from the hypothetical to the actual, and then to nothing when the situation ends.
On 4/28/14, Stanley Nilsen via AGI <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi PM, > > A few thoughts - > > One might try to come up with methods to generalize situations - put in > categories and sub categories and sub sub categories... This sounds > logical, but also terribly tedious. > > My alternative is to look at the world as sets of triggers. A trigger > initiates an action - maybe to assert a new fact. The new fact might > then trigger something else... > > What is triggered depends on what our "understanding" makes of triggers. > Pretty much a Rube Goldberg contraption, but gets interesting quickly. > Understanding isn't that vague, it's whatever can be coded into rules. > > Beware of thinking you must invent "understanding" to build AGI. No, the > AGI needs to harvest the understanding that is all around us. > > Stan > > > On 04/28/2014 09:11 AM, Piaget Modeler via AGI wrote: >> It's a good start, I'd say. >> >> ~PM >> >> > Subject: Re: [agi] Situations >> > From: [email protected] >> > Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 17:14:25 +0900 >> > To: [email protected] >> > >> > Hello PM, >> > >> > here is a sketchy answer. >> > What do you think? >> > ---- >> > As an abstract model, situational representation would have the >> following >> > features: >> > Situation is a super-class of Event and State. >> > A situation is associated with time and place (location). >> > A situation is associated with its participants. >> > A situation is associated with attributes and relations of the >> participants. >> > >> > In the brain, the representation of non-present situations is >> > 'imagined.' Imagined representation is somehow distinguished >> > from sensory (actual/present) representation. >> > Representation of non-present situations should be composed of imagined >> > parts. >> > >> > The neural representation of some situation is associated with another >> > as relevant. >> > If the Bayesian brain hypothesis (or similar one) is correct, >> > the relevance is measured by some probabily theory. >> > ---- >> > >> > -- AN >> > >> > 2014/04/28 15:35、Piaget Modeler <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > > How do we form situations in our mind? >> > > >> > > Some may be actual, hypothetical, or anticipatory. >> > > >> > > How would you model situations? >> > > >> > > Assuming that we have millions of them to choose from, how >> > > do we ignore irrelevant situations and work with relevant ones? >> > > >> > > I have some theories, but I'd like to hear your thoughts? >> > > >> > > ~PM >> > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------- >> > AGI >> > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now >> > RSS Feed: >> https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/19999924-4a978ccc >> > Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; >> > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com >> *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> >> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/9320387-ea529a81> | >> Modify >> <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> >> Your Subscription [Powered by Listbox] <http://www.listbox.com> >> > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/11943661-d9279dae > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
