On Sat, 03 Feb 2007 07:29:26 -0500, Ben Goertzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Can't we just speak about this in terms of optimization?
...
The subtlety comes in the definition of what it means to "use an
approximation to probability theory."
The cleanest definition would be: "To act in such a way that its
behaviors are approximately consistent with probability theory"
Now, how can we define this?
It seems to me you're just offering up a definition of decision theory
which might be defined as "the science of acting in such a way that one's
goal-seeking behaviors are optimized and approximately consistent with
probability theory." Decision theory is the hand-maiden of probability
theory and of course there is already a huge body of knowledge on the
subject.
Or do you mean something that a decision theorist would not consider part
of his domain?
-gts
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