:-) No offence taken, I was just curious to know what your position was.
I can certainly understand people with a practical interest not having time for things like AIXI. Indeed as I've said before, my PhD is in AIXI and related stuff, and yet my own AGI project is based on other things. So even I am skeptical about whether it will lead to practical methods. That said, I can see that AIXI does have some fairly theoretical uses, perhaps Friendliness will turn out to be one of them? Shane On 3/8/07, Ben Goertzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Oops, guess that email WAS sent to the list, though I didn't realize it. But no harm done! Ben Goertzel wrote: > > Sorry Shane, I guess I got carried away with my sense of humor ... > > No, I don't really think AIXI is useless in a mathematical, > theoretical sense. > I do think it's a dead-end in terms of providing guidance to > pragmatic AGI design, but that's another > story > > I will send a clarifying email to the list, I certainly had no serious > intention to offend people... > > Ben > > > Shane Legg wrote: >> Ben, >> >> So you really think AIXI is totally "useless"? I haven't been reading >> Richard's comments, indeed I gave up reading his comments some >> time before he got himself banned from sl4, however it seems that you >> in principle support what he's saying. I just checked his posts and >> can see why they don't make sense, however I know very well that >> shouting rather than reasoning on the internet is a waste of time. >> >> My question to you then is a bit different. If you believe that AIXI is >> totally a waste of time, why is it that you recently published a book >> with a chapter on AIXI in it, and now think that AIXI and related study >> should be a significant part of what the SIAI does in the future? >> >> Shane >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> 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/?list_id=11983 > > ----- 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/?list_id=11983
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