Re: Malcom/Standish white rabbit solution

2008-03-31 Thread Alastair Malcolm
- Original Message - From: "Russell Standish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 10:45 PM Subject: Re: Malcom/Standish white rabbit solution > > On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 09:27:50PM +0100, Alastair Malcolm wrote: >>

Re: Malcom/Standish white rabbit solution

2008-03-30 Thread Russell Standish
On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 09:27:50PM +0100, Alastair Malcolm wrote: > > > > I use universe and history, or OM-sequence almost synonymously. Since > > it was I who made the comment, it is what I meant. I think your method > > can only work if the sequence of OMs observed by an observer is > > describ

Re: Malcom/Standish white rabbit solution

2008-03-30 Thread Alastair Malcolm
- Original Message - From: "Russell Standish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 1:20 AM Subject: Re: Malcom/Standish white rabbit solution > > On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 02:31:45PM -, Alastair Malcolm wrote: >>

Re: Malcom/Standish white rabbit solution

2008-03-29 Thread Russell Standish
On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 02:31:45PM -, Alastair Malcolm wrote: > > > > No - by universe, I mean a classical branch of the multiverse. The > > multiverse is, as you say, deterministic. > > I think I should just try to clarify here - the minimum specification idea > as applied to a multiverse (w

Re: Malcom/Standish white rabbit solution

2008-03-29 Thread Alastair Malcolm
- Original Message - From: "Russell Standish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 11:58 PM Subject: Re: Malcom/Standish white rabbit solution >> >> A final brief point in an attempt to help clarify matters. Th

Re: Malcom/Standish white rabbit solution

2008-03-28 Thread Russell Standish
On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 09:51:34PM -, Alastair Malcolm wrote: > > > > As to your pessimism about AI, I don't share that. It is quite > > feasible to add sources of quantum randomness to machines, and indeed > > there is already quite a bit of literature on this subject, mostly for > > cryptogr

Re: Malcom/Standish white rabbit solution

2008-03-28 Thread Alastair Malcolm
- Original Message - From: "Russell Standish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 1:09 AM Subject: Re: Malcom/Standish white rabbit solution > > On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 04:19:44PM -, Alastair Malcolm wrote: >>

Re: Malcom/Standish white rabbit solution

2008-03-27 Thread Russell Standish
On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 04:19:44PM -, Alastair Malcolm wrote: > > > > The minimal specification including all OMs in a universe could not be > > sufficient to specify the OMs completely. There must always be some random > > component to the complete specification of an OM. > > Bang goes AI! I

Re: Malcom/Standish white rabbit solution

2008-03-26 Thread Alastair Malcolm
- Original Message - From: "Russell Standish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 11:33 PM Subject: Re: Malcom/Standish white rabbit solution . . . >> >> If one takes the description string x (up to >

Re: Malcom/Standish white rabbit solution

2008-03-24 Thread Russell Standish
On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 01:40:58PM -, Alastair Malcolm wrote: > > > - Original Message - > From: "Russell Standish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 1:30 AM > Subject: Re: Malcom/Standish whit

Re: Malcom/Standish white rabbit solution

2008-03-24 Thread John Mikes
Original Message - > From: "Russell Standish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 1:30 AM > Subject: Re: Malcom/Standish white rabbit solution > > > >> > >> Comparing identical OM's/OM sequences, i

Re: Malcom/Standish white rabbit solution

2008-03-24 Thread Alastair Malcolm
- Original Message - From: "Russell Standish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 1:30 AM Subject: Re: Malcom/Standish white rabbit solution >> >> Comparing identical OM's/OM sequences, it seems to me that I

Re: Malcom/Standish white rabbit solution

2008-03-23 Thread Russell Standish
On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 07:58:35PM -, Alastair Malcolm wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Russell Standish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:56 AM > Subject: Malcom/Standish white rabbit

Re: Malcom/Standish white rabbit solution

2008-03-19 Thread Russell Standish
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:56 AM > Subject: Malcom/Standish white rabbit solution > . > .> > In your 'Why Occam's Razor' paper, sect 2, following a discussion of the > Schmidhuber ensemble and the Universal Prior, it is sta

Re: Malcom/Standish white rabbit solution

2008-03-14 Thread Alastair Malcolm
- Original Message - From: "Russell Standish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:56 AM Subject: Malcom/Standish white rabbit solution . . . >> >> (There appears to be a subsidiary issue of 'many description

Malcom/Standish white rabbit solution

2008-03-11 Thread Russell Standish
I'm reposting this. I forgot that I have to have the everything-list email address first, otherwise it bounces from GoogleGroups :( On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 08:56:24PM -, Alastair Malcolm wrote: > I think this issue should be pushed further a little, since there seems to > be a fundamental m