On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 11:35 AM, Matt Mahoney via AGI <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 9:32 PM, Logan Streondj via AGI <[email protected]> > wrote: >> but I wouldn't say predict. > > If you prefer to call it motion estimation or planning or adaptation, > then call it that. I am just trying to agree on the meanings of some > words so we can communicate effectively. Can you agree that these > tasks all involve assigning probabilities to events that you haven't > observed yet?
Of course they do. They also all involve moving actuators, and recognizing patterns in sensory data, and estimating fulfillment of goals, and managing knowledge, and lots of other stuff. Prediction is one of many key aspects of intelligence; but whether one emphasizes the prediction aspect or not, is a matter of one's taste and one's theoretical perspective. -- Ben G ------------------------------------------- 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
