Thomas comments on Complexity of Value ≠ Complexity of Outcome - Less Wrong

32 Post author: Wei_Dai 30 January 2010 02:50AM

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Comment author: Thomas 30 January 2010 01:18:18PM -2 points [-]

So you say, then a magic happens and something new is born.

No, it doesn't. Just the physics acted onto the engraved algorithms and/or data.

Comment author: jhuffman 30 January 2010 01:30:25PM *  0 points [-]

No magic; and yes all you have is algorithms and data. Obviously the algorithms contain an aspect of learning, and eventually the data guides decision pathways far more than the original algorithms; and even the algorithms themselves are mutable data.

edit: I should note, I'm just talking about some of our crude "AI" systems that we build today. I don't know that this would be the actual software architecture of anything that could become a superintelligence. But it would have these capabilities and more...

Comment author: Thomas 30 January 2010 01:40:53PM 2 points [-]

Crude or non crude AI, a physical configuration at the start and a physical configuration at any time since.

You can name it whatever you choose.