And to explicitly declare what might be a little subtle, variables are involved as well. A variable may refer to another object or abstraction or relation and so on. The benefit here is that we might combine 'situations' as components that can help us to understand what is going on. A lot of this must be unconscious in the human mind but that does not rule the possibility that we use situation-like knowledge in these unconscious (or sub-conscious) processes. In this role the knowledge of situations can help us to discover aspects of the situation that we might not have otherwise looked for and to rule out those that would be expected given a particular situation. So the concept of a situation looks like it might be used in an indexing scheme.
Jim Bromer On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 12:04 PM, Aaron Hosford via AGI <[email protected]>wrote: > Induction, used within this context, seems to refer to the creation of an > appropriate abstract situational representation for a given specific > context. In other words, the generation of a partial description that > captures the "essential features" of the scenario. If I were to implement > this, I would look for features (qualities, relationships, and constraints) > of the observable objects and events, which together capture the > information that would be pertinent to making useful decisions or > predictions within the given context. There might be endless details we > could include as part of the situation, from those that are highly relevant > ("He was pointing a gun at me.") to those that are most likely useless > ("Cars were crossing an intersection in the distance."). The trick would be > to pick out which are which, and specify only those pieces of information > that are likely to be useful. This list of useful features might vary > depending on the decision or prediction being made, so for the same > specific situation -- specific here meaning including *all *available > information -- we might have several abstract ones that are each > generalizations of it, optimized towards those different requirements. The > task at hand thus induces an abstract situation that captures the useful > information from the specific situation. > > > On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 1:37 AM, Piaget Modeler via AGI > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Okay, >> >> Now that we have a fuzzy definition of situations, what do the words >> "situation induction" mean to you? >> >> Please advise. >> >> ~PM >> *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> >> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/23050605-2da819ff> | >> Modify <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> Your Subscription >> <http://www.listbox.com> >> > > *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/24379807-f5817f28> | > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <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
