That definition is extremely arbitrary or specialized. What I meant was that the -form- of the basis of definitions of applicableness and relevance are somewhat arbitrary. Maybe they are extremely arbitrary as well. But the question I am asking is whether we can actually look at words like this using some relative forms for their definitions.
Jim Bromer On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 9:29 PM, Jim Bromer <[email protected]> wrote: > That is a somewhat arbitrary definition. > > Jim Bromer > > On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 6:45 PM, Piaget Modeler <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> The Backstory: >> >> The reason for the analogy is that I was coding functions to transform a >> search node during state space search. >> An operator is *applicable *if the preconditions match a search node's >> state. In which case we would *apply *the >> operator to the state to get the next state. An operator is *relevant *to >> a search node if the operator's effects >> match the goals of the search node. Hence, depending upon whether we're >> doing progressive (forward) or >> regressive (backward) search, we'd either call *Node_apply* or >> *Node_relate*. >> >> Flash forward to today: >> >> Posed the question on Quora, Facebook and here, since I wanted a quick >> response. "Relate" won. >> Sent a complaint to Wolfram Alpha since they didn't understand similies >> and I thought they should. >> Their staff replied that they're looking into it. >> >> That is all. >> >> ~PM >> >> ------------------------------ >> From: [email protected] >> Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2015 00:08:59 +0200 >> Subject: Re: [agi] applicable : apply :: relevant : ? >> To: [email protected] >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 11:33 PM, Piaget Modeler < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> Wolfram Alpha >> >> >> >> I am missing the point here, of course it could be tackled the narrow AI >> way, but we are looking for something different, right? Are you trying to >> outsource your analogies? Sell an analogy API? I think "in principle" the >> analogy works when we can reuse a script, for example "compressing data is >> like drying food, with a bit of time and technique you can use the original >> while saving space and weight during transport and storage", and it would >> take a bit of general intelligence to show all the different ways in which >> the analogy does not work, just like so many of the analogies that dominate >> our political debates. >> >> As always, it would be easier to derive or solve analogies with some kind >> of logical decomposition, it would be a pity to waste the toolkit of >> "physical primitives" in TRIZ, or the tentative search for "irreducible >> cognitive dimensions" at CYC or yours truly. Which is more or less the >> "thought vectors" that recently appeared in some patents. I believe the >> main difference between the search for primitives and the new vectors is >> that the vectors are more ad hoc, there is neither the assumption nor the >> intention to look for irreducible quantities, fundamental symmetries etc, >> the ambition is simply to capture as many parameters of a situation or a >> concept in a vector and then "reason" with familiar algebraic tools. >> >> The discovery and application of anything that would look like "cognitive >> DNA" would be the holy grail of AGI. >> >> AT >> *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> >> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/19999924-4a978ccc> | >> Modify <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> Your Subscription >> <http://www.listbox.com> >> *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> >> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/24379807-653794b5> | >> Modify >> <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> >> Your Subscription <http://www.listbox.com> >> > > ------------------------------------------- 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
