Link Between Deep Neural Networks and the Nature of the Universe

Re:Link Between Deep Neural Networks and the Nature of the U... by Houshalter on Saturday September 10, 2016 @06:43AM (#12468626)

I wrote a better explanation for why neural nets work here: http://houshalter.tumblr.com/post/120134087595/approximating...

The answer is that neural networks are a somewhat crude approximation of Solomonoff induction. Solomonoff induction is an ideal, perfect machine learning method. It only assumes that the universe is a random computer program, and tries to infer which one.

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Re:Link Between Deep Neural Networks and the Nature of the U... by faragon on Saturday September 10, 2016 @04:50PM (#12470824)

Also interesting is the relation between Solomonoff induction and Kolmogorov Complexity.

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