Mark, The way you invoke Godel's Theorem is strange to me... perhaps you have explained your argument more fully elsewhere, but as it stands I do not see your reasoning.
--Abram On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 12:20 PM, Mark Waser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> It looks like all this "disambiguation" by moving to a more formal >> language is about sweeping the problem under the rug, removing the >> need for uncertain reasoning from surface levels of syntax and >> semantics, to remember about it 10 years later, retouch the most >> annoying holes with simple statistical techniques, and continue as >> before. > > That's an excellent criticism but not the intent. > > Godel's Incompleteness Theorem means that you will be forever building . . . > . > > All that disambiguation does is provides a solid, commonly-agreed upon > foundation to build from. > > English and all natural languages are *HARD*. They are not optimal for > simple understanding particularly given the realms we are currently in and > ambiguity makes things even worse. > > Languages have so many ambiguities because of the way that they (and > concepts) develop. You see something new, you grab the nearest analogy and > word/label and then modify it to fit. That's why you then later need the > much longer words and very specific scientific terms and names. > > Simple language is what you need to build the more specific complex > language. Having an unambiguous constructed language is simply a template > or mold that you can use as scaffolding while you develop NLU. Children > start out very unambiguous and concrete and so should we. > > (And I don't believe in statistical techniques unless you have the resources > of Google or AIXI) > > > > ------------------------------------------- > agi > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=117534816-b15a34 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
