Mathematics for AIXI and Gödel machine

0 Post author: Faustus2 22 July 2015 06:52PM

Just a quick question, does anyone know which math topics I'd have to learn to understand the work on AIXI and the Gödel machine? Any pointers or suggestions would be appreciated. 

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Comment author: MrMind 23 July 2015 01:12:21PM *  3 points [-]

Classical logic up to Goedel's theorem.
Fairly standard Bayesian probability.
A little bit of coding (up to Kraft's inequality).
Computability and algorithmic complexity.
Solomonoff induction.

It's all pretty basic stuff, but taken from a variety of disciplines.

Comment author: Manfred 22 July 2015 07:45:30PM *  2 points [-]

The things you directly need are algorithmic complexity theory (Classic textbook: Li and Vitanyi) and some way of understanding proofs (Probably start with regular mathematical logic / model theory, not sure of a standout textbook here, maybe Manin?, then look into modal logic, classic textbook by Boolos).

Prerequisites for those are mathematical logic, set theory, probability theory, and some amount of discrete math.

Comment author: Faustus2 22 July 2015 08:23:41PM 0 points [-]

Thank you, I'm grateful for your time.

Comment author: Thomas 22 July 2015 07:36:17PM -1 points [-]

I think you have to invent, not just to learn this.

Comment author: Gunnar_Zarncke 23 July 2015 06:48:19AM 0 points [-]

What (parts of) the areas mentioned in the other posts do you already know? That may significantly affect the specific recommendation and approach.

Comment author: V_V 22 July 2015 08:39:14PM -1 points [-]

Elementary probability theory, elementary theoretical computer science, Solomonoff's theory of inductive inference, reinforcement learning.