The fact that the mutual information cannot be zero is a good and interesting point. But, as I understand it, this is not fundamentally a barrier to it being a good “true name”. Its the right target, the impossibility of hitting it doesn’t change that.
The fact that the mutual information cannot be zero is a good and interesting point. But, as I understand it, this is not fundamentally a barrier to it being a good “true name”. Its the right target, the impossibility of hitting it doesn’t change that.
This is the part I was disagreeing with, to be clear.