On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 7:52 PM, Russell Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 4:34 PM, Vladimir Nesov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 6:52 PM, Russell Wallace >>> Indeed, but becoming more efficient at processing evidence is >>> something that requires being embedded in the environment to which the >>> evidence pertains. >> >> Why is that? > > For the reason I explained earlier. Suppose program A generates > candidate programs B1, B2... that are conjectured to be more efficient > at processing evidence. It can't just compare their processing of > evidence with the correct version, because if it knew the correct > results in all cases, it would already be that efficient itself. It > has to try them out. >
But it can just work with a static corpus. When you need to figure out efficient learning, you only need to know a little about the overall structure of your data (which can be described by a reasonably small number of exemplars), you don't need much of the data itself. -- Vladimir Nesov [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://causalityrelay.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------- 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=106510220-47b225 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
