Re:Is there a simple algorithm for intelligence?
by mannykannot on Friday July 10, 2015 @04:42PM
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> In particular, AIXI variants will be hard to approximate, precisely because they dovetail over all possible algorithms.
For this reason, I suspect that invoking AIXItl is begging the question. Positing unlimited computing power allows one to sidestep the difficult question: which algorithm(s)? In fact, this is not just a difficult question, it is the question (the one that AI research is trying to answer.) Absent the convenience of unlimited computing power, I suspect that AIXItl is a dead end, no matter how elegant it is.
For this reason, I suspect that invoking AIXItl is begging the question. Positing unlimited computing power allows one to sidestep the difficult question: which algorithm(s)? In fact, this is not just a difficult question, it is the question (the one that AI research is trying to answer.) Absent the convenience of unlimited computing power, I suspect that AIXItl is a dead end, no matter how elegant it is.