Could you explain what “If A, then B” means, tabooing “if/then”,”therefore”,etc.?
Here is another way:
If a rational agent becomes aware that the statement “I should do X” is true, then it will either proceed to do X or proceed to realize that it cannot do X (at least for now).
ETA: Here is a simple Python function (I think I coded it correctly):
def square (x):
y=x*x
return y
“return” is not just another symbol. It is not a gensym. It is functional. The act of returning and producing an output is completely separate from and non-reducible-to everything else that a subroutine can do.
Rational agents use “should” the same way this subroutine uses “return”. It controls their output.
Only through the use of koans. Consider the dialog in:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_the_Tortoise_Said_to_Achilles
Could you explain what “If A, then B” means, tabooing “if/then”,”therefore”,etc.?
Here is another way:
If a rational agent becomes aware that the statement “I should do X” is true, then it will either proceed to do X or proceed to realize that it cannot do X (at least for now).
ETA: Here is a simple Python function (I think I coded it correctly):
def square (x): y=x*x return y
“return” is not just another symbol. It is not a gensym. It is functional. The act of returning and producing an output is completely separate from and non-reducible-to everything else that a subroutine can do.
Rational agents use “should” the same way this subroutine uses “return”. It controls their output.