But mostly this problem is in the opposite direction: can we provide carefully curated input that allows an intelligence to learn much faster? In this direction the results seem much less dramatic. My impression is that the speed of learning is limited by both the inputs and the learner. If the book of chess is a perfect input, then the limiting factor is the reader, and an average reader won’t get outsized benefits from perfect inputs.
Which results did you have in mind? The ‘machine teaching’ results are pretty dramatic and surprising, although one could question whether they have any practical implications.
I wasn’t aware of them. Thanks. Yes, that’s exactly the sort of thing I’d expect to see if there was a large possible upside in better teaching materials that an Oracle could produce. So I no longer disagree with Rafael & Richard on this.
Which results did you have in mind? The ‘machine teaching’ results are pretty dramatic and surprising, although one could question whether they have any practical implications.
I wasn’t aware of them. Thanks. Yes, that’s exactly the sort of thing I’d expect to see if there was a large possible upside in better teaching materials that an Oracle could produce. So I no longer disagree with Rafael & Richard on this.