[agi] Coin-flipping duplicates (was: Breaking Solomonoff induction (really))

2008-06-23 Thread Kaj Sotala
On 6/23/08, Matt Mahoney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- On Sun, 6/22/08, Kaj Sotala [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 6/21/08, Matt Mahoney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Eliezer asked a similar question on SL4. If an agent flips a fair quantum coin and is copied 10 times if it comes up heads,

Re: [agi] Coin-flipping duplicates (was: Breaking Solomonoff induction (really))

2008-06-23 Thread Matt Mahoney
--- On Mon, 6/23/08, Kaj Sotala [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: a) Perform the experiment several times. If, on any of the trials, copies are created, then have all of them partake in the next trial as well, flipping a new coin and possibly being duplicated again (and quickly leading to an