ciphergoth comments on Who thinks quantum computing will be necessary for AI? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ciphergoth 30 May 2013 06:02:56AM 4 points [-]

Decoding isn't the challenge; the challenge is to make a guess whether you're seeing the output of the PRG or random output. Your "advantage" is

Adv_PRG[Distinguisher] = P(Distinguisher[PRG[seed]] = "PRG") - P(Distinguisher[True randomness] = "PRG")