Situations are Ephermeral. ~PM > Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 19:31:35 +0000 > Subject: Re: [agi] Situations > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > 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/303/19999924-4a978ccc > Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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