I am interested what you want to know about these for.
I didn’t say I want to know about them. I said I would like to see tutorials so that other people commenting here would know something about them. :)
Like many things, I think a partial understanding of these topics can be counterproductive. (In other words, to be productive I think such posts should be as technical as necessary to get to the level of actually using the concept to solve problems.)
Yes, partial understanding is counter-productive. But it already exists. For example, I mentioned both K-complexity and computational complexity. What do they have in common? Practically nothing! But I’ve seen evidence that this is not really understood by all LW commenters. I would like to see presentations that are as technical as necessary to show that they are different concepts dealing with different problems.
As for getting to the technical level necessary to solve problems—well, has the concept of Kolmogorov or Chaitin complexity ever really solved a problem, rather than just clarifying a concept?
I would like to understand and know more about those concepts (as well as TDT that’s often mentioned here). I have a minor in mathematics, but I still feel like I can’t do the real math unless it’s explained to me step by step. I often try to understand various concepts by going to respective wiki pages but my eyes quickly glaze over and I lose interest.
It would be nice if someone described these concepts starting with what problem we are trying to solve, some possible approaches, and then discuss the specific approach. I think it’s safe to assume knowledge of algebra and calculus, but all other concepts I think should be introduced and explained.
Yes, that was my intention.
I didn’t say I want to know about them. I said I would like to see tutorials so that other people commenting here would know something about them. :)
Yes, partial understanding is counter-productive. But it already exists. For example, I mentioned both K-complexity and computational complexity. What do they have in common? Practically nothing! But I’ve seen evidence that this is not really understood by all LW commenters. I would like to see presentations that are as technical as necessary to show that they are different concepts dealing with different problems.
As for getting to the technical level necessary to solve problems—well, has the concept of Kolmogorov or Chaitin complexity ever really solved a problem, rather than just clarifying a concept?
I would like to understand and know more about those concepts (as well as TDT that’s often mentioned here). I have a minor in mathematics, but I still feel like I can’t do the real math unless it’s explained to me step by step. I often try to understand various concepts by going to respective wiki pages but my eyes quickly glaze over and I lose interest.
It would be nice if someone described these concepts starting with what problem we are trying to solve, some possible approaches, and then discuss the specific approach. I think it’s safe to assume knowledge of algebra and calculus, but all other concepts I think should be introduced and explained.
K-complexity, probably not. Information theory, yes. Complexity theory, well, I would guess so but I don’t have any examples at hand.
Your point about partial understanding already existing is well taken.