On Tuesday 12 June 2007 11:24:16 am David Clark wrote: > ... What if models of how the world works > could be coded by "symbol grounded" humans so that, as the AGI learned, it > could test it's theories and assumptions on these models without necessarily > actually having a direct connection to the real world? Would this symbol > grounding merry-go-round still apply?
Nope, that would work fine. So would an oracle that came up with the same program by magic (or a Solomonoff machine that did it by exhaustive search). The key is having a valid model (i.e. one that correctly predicts the world), not howyou happened to get the model. That said, the less contact you have with the real world, the harder it is to come up with useful models :-) Josh ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=231415&user_secret=e9e40a7e
