Jim, Do you mean some sort of extreme extension to Backus Naur Form?
I suggest giving some examples, without worrying too much about the language details. Steve ===================== On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Jim Bromer <[email protected]> wrote: > The idea of a linguistic reference marker language seems kind of > interesting. Someone in these groups have pointed out that there are > artificial languages in which anaphoric-like references may be > defined, and anyone could do that by denoting those kinds of > connective relations by using some meta-notation. However, my idea of > the artificial reference marker language does go a step further in > that it would allow for definitions of linguistic markers by type and > other possible abstractions that could be defined with other levels of > referential relations. This definition with types does sound like a > programming language but I believe I can take it a step higher in that > it can be used to create run time dilemmas some of which should be > resolvable while the program is running so long as the basis of the > defined relations are not too poorly constructed. This could feasibly > turn out to be a highly controllable testing program that has a rich > potential of expression and which could detail some of the problems > that need to be solved in this field. > > Right now I am thinking about a system which would simultaneously run > the reference marker language as a meta-language or a paralanguage to > a text-based natural language. By keeping the language simple the > test might be run by creating the needed linguistic markers (like > anaphoric-like connectors) as they are needed. So months or years of > learning might be avoided to prepare for a test run. And abstractions > or generalizations might be denoted by groups of examples or by > categorical denotations. > > There have been many attempts to use formal linguistics in AI and they > have not generated overwhelming evidence that the method is the best > route to AGI. However, my theory is that most professional linguistic > AI models are overly reliant on generalizations that are too broad and > are too simple. I believe that true intelligence must be supplied > with a rich set of possibilities and that old AI linguistic models > have not provided the programs with those possibilities. But, a rich > set of generalizations probably would overwhelm an AGI program with > too much complexity. By using the linguistic reference marker > language some of that complexity could be studied in a controlled > environment using relatively simple examples. > > For example, (an abstract example), if there are many possible > reference marker systems (that were previously 'learned' or defined) > then the program would have to choose which of them would be > appropriate for a particular context. These possibilities would not > all be competitive selections, and in most all cases many possible > reference relational systems would have to be used to understand the > sentence properly. So then, part of the problem is that the program > would need to know when it had interpreted the sentence well and that > it should stop looking for other possible referential relations for > the sentence. At this point I have no idea how I would program a > computer to decide something like this. But, by using this > specialized test facility, I could gain a lot of experience by relying > on my intuition to decide when the program had come up with an > interpretation that was good enough at that time. > > Another simple abstract example that I have in mind is that I could > try to use natural language to point something out (about the > referential relations) and if that did not work then I could use the > artificial referential marker language that was running concurrently > with the natural language exchanges to present it to the computer > program. Then later I could see if I could use similar terms (from the > natural language) to direct the computer to become aware of some > referential relation in the subject discussion without needing further > detailing using the referential marker language. > > While none of this is totally new to me it is clear that I am starting > to think more definitely about some of these kinds of problems just > because I am thinking about developing the referential marker > language. So it seems like an interesting idea that should be useful > to me. I will probably try to develop it and try it out. > > Some people think that this has little to do with AGI. Well similar > techniques could be used to designate the referential relations > between visual and other sensory data so that shows that the method is > general enough. > > Jim Bromer > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/10443978-6f4c28ac > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > -- Full employment can be had with the stoke of a pen. Simply institute a six hour workday. That will easily create enough new jobs to bring back full employment. ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
