... How drastic are the NFL theorems in genetic algorithms? ... Indeed, the Newtonian theory seems to have smaller axiomatic complexity than a relativistic...
... They are not that drastic really, because people are generally sensible enough not to use genetic algorithms on problems that are deceptive. Deceptive...
Greetings, I had very much enjoyed the first two chapters of Chaitin's philosophical book Omega ( http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/CDMTCS/chaitin/omega.html ),...
(reply to #219) Eray, A few brief and tangential reactions to a few of your points. ... Number theory, as such, has always seemed like a wonderful game to me,...
... Yes, so evolutionary programming, rather than genetic algorithms! ... That last sentence is interesting, but why its success in harnessing finites ...
Hi Eray, you wrote: ... does it ... perhaps to ... You cannot isolate the termostat from its environment (at least not in this context). Think of zillion...
... So it becomes part of the fitness function? ... Thanks. [snip] ... Okay, in the old times, people thought the fitness function was a fixed thing. But it...
... [snip] ... Wasn't it Bateson who first called a thermostat a mind? I can't remember (and don't have my copy of Mind and Nature to hand) but that would make...
... Might be, I don't know. Bateson has presented interesting arguments, so this may very well be the case. ... Yes, here the premise I am working on is that...
... Koko's linguistic abilities are legendary (if you google around, you should be able to find her online press conference). However, this is the first...
... Yes, it's interesting. They seem to be suggesting that her visual thinking ability is linked to her apparently successful use of sign language. Regards, --...
[A nice post from Jim on post-popper group. I think the reply is relevant to ai-philosophy as well] ... I agree, naive empiricism cannot explain what a theory...
(reply to #222) ... Well, I'm not so sure. "Evolutionary programming" may mean this or that, I'm talking more about a different metaphysical description of...
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/hons/projects/1999/Andrew.Snare/thesis.pdf An interesting thesis about typogenetics: encapsulating the knowledge of genetics...
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http://web.media.mit.edu/~hugo/conceptnet/ Here is Push Singh's announcement on comp.ai. This seems interesting and highly relevant for people who work on text...
... [...snip...] ... result in ... I now better understand, thank you. But "static environment" is a bit too unprecise: even the thermostat in the fruit fly's...
... That's done by having the complementary second DNA string, and cellular mechanisms already in place (also coded in the DNA?) to perform repairs. ... About...
Hello there, I have a simple math question, perhaps somebody among you knows the decisive answer. In Z, are there integers with an infinite number of digits? ...
Hi Eray... The elements of Z are all finite, in an infinitely increasing/decreasing chain. In order-theoretic terms, the covering relation is defined on...
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... [A nice post from Jim on post-popper group. I think the reply is relevant to ai-philosophy as well] ... system ... objects ... nature. ... in ... ...
[This is a half-serious argument that the concept of mind evolves. I myself don't believe that this is the case, but it's a possibility.] For centuries, we...
Greetings, On a second reading of the relevant sections, I have realized that I have made a gross error with respect to unnameability. Indeed the section named...
... learning ... phase. ... on the same ... Sorry for the delay in the the response. I have a had a brief internet discussion with Schmidhuber. It can be found...
... accurate ... uncertainty ... mind, ... of the ... as a ... can ... concept of) ... is our ... subject, ... our ... An example of this expanding of mind...
... Is this precedence implied in the text? Is not this a big deal in theory of anthropology? ... the ... even if that ... Right. I predict that we will...
I think you have a lot to learn from continetal-philosophers like Nietczshe,Heidegger,Foucaoult,Derrida etc... Non analytical philosophy has been mostly...