I might have missed a key point made in the earlier part of the discussion, but people have said on many occasions something like the following in relation to AIXI / AIXItl:
> The function of this component would be much more effectively served > by a module that was able to rapidly search through an infinite space > of computer programs and run any one of them rapidly The discussion at times seems to have progressed on the basis that AIXI / AIXItl could choose to do all sorts amzing, powerful things. But what I'm uncear on is what generates the infinite space of computer programs? Does AIXI / AIXItl itself generate these programs? Or does it tap other entities programs? If it creates the programs itself it will need to have a very wide specturm general intelligence otherwise it spectrum of programs to choose from will be contrained and the resource/time contrained AIXItl will find itself spending a very large amount of time (infinite?) generating all these infinite programs before it even gets to the task of evaluating them. If on the other hand the AIXI / AIXItl systems suck existing programs out of the ether then the intelligence/implications of its assessment regime will depend a great extent on what programs are out there already - ie. the nature of the material it has to work with. If it's sucking human created programs out of databanks then it will depend on who had the money/time to make the programs and what the implicit values are that these people have imbedded in their programs. So which way does AIXI / AIXItl work? - creates it own programs or extracts them from existing databanks? Cheers, Philip ------- To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?[EMAIL PROTECTED]
