Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for startups?

Re:Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for star... by ColanR on Monday February 06, 2017 @01:10AM (#13576944)

> AI based on algorithmic induction tech i.e. not the usual DNN and ML tech everyone calls AI. This is way more interesting if you have a novel approach.

Any chance you can elaborate on what you're talking about here?

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Re:Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for star... by dil8 on Monday February 06, 2017 @04:12AM (#13577822)

I think the OP is referring to algorithmic probability. See

[1] R. J. Solomonoff. A formal theory of inductive inference: Parts 1 and 2. Information and Control, 7:1--22 and 224--254, 1964.

[2] R. J. Solomonoff. Complexity-based induction systems: Comparisons and convergence theorems. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, IT-24:422-432, 1978.

[3] http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Algorithmic_probability

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Re:Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for star... by mikelevins on Monday February 06, 2017 @05:22PM (#13584823)

Perhaps he means old-fashioned AI techniques like production-rule systems, knowledge representation, and truth maintenance. If so, and if he's right, that would interest me, since I know how to do those things.

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Re:Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for star... by Jzast on Monday February 06, 2017 @04:37AM (#13577952)

I believe he is referring to AI that can generate new ideas, similar to 'thinking' versus pattern recognition, which is 'I've seen something like that before (during training!).

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Re:Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for star... by derrickdirge on Monday February 06, 2017 @02:50PM (#13583216)

So AI that can develop algorithms on its own? Basically AI that can write code?

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