I wrote, pertaining to problems of positive feedback causing erroneous or uncontrollable dynamics:
> The fact that similar problems occur in Novamente inference as well as in > the brain, suggests that they're "general system-theoretic > problems" in some > sense, perhaps occurring in any distributed network-oriented computing > system. Of course, the last phrase is an overstatement. We know some distributed network-based computing systems that don't experience such problems, but these systems are sorely limited in capability. A future science could include a general characterization of "positive feedback related learning problems", and a characterization of those network-based computing systems that will experience them. It might then turn out that some of the elements of this characterization, overlapped with an independently defined characterization of those network-based computing systems capable of advanced intelligence. This is the kind of theory that would be part of a real "science of complex systems" (a thing that doesn't really exist yet -- I think "complexity science" today consists of some nice general principles together with a grab-bag of system-specific scientific theories and observations related to the general principles. Theories with both general scope and detailed implications are pretty much lacking.) -- Ben G ------- To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
