Matt's seminal paper in this regard: Text Compression as a Test for Artificial Intelligence <https://cs.fit.edu/~mmahoney/poster.pdf>
On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 1:06 PM James Bowery <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 10:40 AM John Rose <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> ... I’ve spent time thinking about how to create a truth machine. >> Essentially a system that seeks truth and unbiasedly reports it unlike the >> fake fact checkers. Perhaps someone here has heard of such a thing… >> > > That was my motive for suggesting a text compression prize back in 2005 > <https://web.archive.org/web/20080321145324/http://www.geocities.com/jim_bowery/cprize.html> > . > > I'd had the idea of a "truth speaker" for several years before that, but > it hadn't crystalized in my mind as a lossless compression competition > until I came up with the idea of what I called "The C-Prize" and Matt > Mahoney referred me to Marcus Hutter's work. > > I'd had a history of proposing various *objective criterion *prizes that > got some attention if not funding: > > > https://web.archive.org/web/20041231194109/http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,39865,00.html > > > https://web.archive.org/web/20050115130425/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6383323/#041105a > > > https://web.archive.org/web/20060221191638/http://www.geocities.com/jim_bowery/BussardsLetter.html > > I emphasize "objective criterion" because, as I've often stated over the > DECADES now: > > The more judging discretion, the more likely the positions of "judge" will > be occupied by the wrong kind of people which will, in turn, drive away > serious competitors. > > This is something that isn't exactly "lost" on the various foundations > that offer up "prizes" or "challenges", so much as runs counter to their > hidden purpose: > > Social status for the endowing individuals and their friends. > > ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/Tabec1b959b565c28-M352fba78a6b307de83d93dd6 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
