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| public:t-713-mers:mers-24:empiricism [2024/11/04 10:54] – [Time Scales of the Physical World Relevant to AI] thorisson | public:t-713-mers:mers-24:empiricism [2024/11/18 13:47] (current) – [The Physical World] thorisson |
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| | A Question of (Un)certainty | The physical world, and in fact many artificial ones also, are uncertain, meaning that there is a lot about them that we don't know. | | | A Question of (Un)certainty | The physical world, and in fact many artificial ones also, are uncertain, meaning that there is a lot about them that we don't know. | |
| | Reliable Regularity | To do anything //reliably// means depending on //reliable regularity// which is conducive to prediction. | | | Reliable Regularity | To do anything //reliably// means depending on //reliable regularity// which is conducive to prediction. | |
| | AI Boils Down To | Building machines that can figure out what can be reliably achieved in uncertain worlds. | | | AI Boils Down To | Building machines that can figure out what can be reliably achieved in uncertain worlds, and act reliably on this knowledge. | |
| | \\ \\ Abstract Worlds | We may of course define any kind of "world" of our choosing. However, if it is to be **implemented** it must run using some physical properties, be it an abacus, transistors, light, or something else, and if uses physical properties these //must obey physical laws//, which means that \\ //1. an abstract AI that cannot be implemented is not intelligent (it is a blueprint for something else), and \\ 2. any AI must be able to address - using intelligence - physical properties//. | | | \\ \\ Abstract Worlds | We may of course define any kind of "world" of our choosing. However, if it is to be **implemented** it must run using some physical properties, be it an abacus, transistors, light, or something else, and if uses physical properties these //must obey physical laws//, which means that \\ //1. an abstract AI that cannot be implemented is not intelligent (it is a blueprint for something else), and \\ 2. any AI must be able to address - using intelligence - physical properties//. | |
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