Yes this is exactly the kind of response I'd expect from a Chatterbox: Don't answer the question but regurgitate stock definitions perhaps slightly munged from websites.
On Fri, Dec 6, 2019 at 10:54 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > *Interpolation* means to estimate something that lies between > observations. For instance, if we have two snapshots of a bowling ball at > different point in the lane, we can *interpolate* that it must have > passed through the other points between those two points. Any kind of > average is an interpolation, since we are making an estimate of the > midpoint of the group by using the elements of the group that we can see. > > *Extrapolation* means to extend a set of observations to some further > point. For instance, if we have two snapshots of a bowling ball at > different point in the lane, we can *extrapolate* whether it will hit the > pins at the far end of the lane. We can also extrapolate backwards; in this > case, we can extrapolate that someone rolled the bowling ball at a time > before the first snapshot. > > Interpolation and extrapolation both try to extend what we have > observed—to what we have not observed, but do so in different directions or > modes. Interpolation extends to what must have happened between > observations, while extrapolation extends to what happens before, after, or > beyond observations. > *Artificial General Intelligence List <https://agi.topicbox.com/latest>* > / AGI / see discussions <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi> + > participants <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/members> + delivery > options <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription> Permalink > <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/Tc1f2c133ae3e4762-Mde012536f402fbc4efcc2276> > > ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/Tc1f2c133ae3e4762-Ma32f1866431c0614617706e2 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
