On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 2:14 AM, Mark Waser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The real gotcha, though is the "Are the functions describing > the behavior deeply nonlinear". You're just not going to find that with the > first three.
Actually, it's true of every program significantly more complex than "Hello World" that the functions describing the behavior are deeply nonlinear. This shouldn't be too surprising, because it's also true of every electronic device significantly more complex than a length of wire, every chemical system other than a hydrogen atom, every mechanical device with more than one or two moving parts, every fluid dynamics system that involves turbulence - and every neural network more complex than a one-layer perceptron, so if complexity made systems undevelopable, not only could ANNs not operate, but organic brains could neither develop in the individual nor evolve in the species. The notions of nonlinearity and complexity simply don't do what Richard wants them to do. ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: http://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=101455710-f059c4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
