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 ====Controlled Experiment====
-|  What is it?   | A fairly recent research method, historically speaking, for testing hypotheses / theories  |
+|  What is it?   | A fairly recent research method (approx. 200 years, so, historically speaking) for testing hypotheses / theories  |
 |  Why is it Important?  | The most reliable way humanity has found to create reliable sharable knowledge.    |
 |  Why is it Relevant Here?  | Like individual learning, it involves dealing with new phenomena and //figuring them out//.    |
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 ====What is an "agent"?====
 |  "Agent"   | In this course an 'agent' is a "stand-alone" intelligent system.    |
-|  "Intelligent System"   | We expect an "intelligent" system to be able to //learn//.    |
+|  "Intelligent System"   | We expect an "intelligent" system to be able to //learn autonomously//.    |
 |  Minimum Learning  | That the system can learn //a task//.   |
 |  "Task"  | A transformation of a stat (typically in the environment) from one (steady-) state to another, that can be described (and thus verified) by a goal (described in some compressed way via a representation language).   |
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 |  Constraint Diversity: \\ Breadth of constraints on solutions  | \\ If a system X can reliably produce acceptable solutions under a higher number of solution constraints than system  Y, system X is more //powerful// than system Y.  |
 |  Goal Diversity: \\ Breadth of goals  | If a system X can meet a wider range of goals than system Y, system X is more //powerful// than system Y.  |
-|  \\ Generality  | Any system X that exceeds system Y on one or more of the above we say it's more //general// than system Y, but typically pushing for increased generality means pushing on all of the above dimensions.   |
+|  Generality  | Any system X that exceeds system Y on one or more of the above we say it's more //general// than system Y, but typically pushing for increased generality means pushing on all of the above dimensions.   |
 |  General intelligence...  | ...means less is needed to be known up front when the system is created; the system can learn to figure things out and how to handle itself, in light of **LTE**.   |
 |  And yet: \\ The hallmark of an AGI  | A system that can handle novel or **brand-new** problems, and be expected to attempt to address //open problems// sensibly. \\ The level of difficulty of the problems it solves would indicate its generality.  |