What alternatives to babble-prune algorithm are there? Every search algorithm with a vast search space (such as the space of all sentences) is going to look somewhat random, at least until you understand how it works. Ultimately babble is about selecting some candidates from the infinite search space and prune is about selecting good sentences from those candidates. The two steps are not that distinct. I propose that the reason you see a difference between babble and prune steps is that pruning is to some extent conscious while babble is always fully automatic.
I think you’re right, this is essentially the main distinction, and that it is still an important one. In other discussion we’ve roughly agreed that useful filters in Prune are eventually pushed down into the subconscious Babble layer. Ultimately you don’t have that much control over Babble but you do have control over in what direction and how tightly you Prune and that’s where the leverage in the system is.
What alternatives to babble-prune algorithm are there? Every search algorithm with a vast search space (such as the space of all sentences) is going to look somewhat random, at least until you understand how it works. Ultimately babble is about selecting some candidates from the infinite search space and prune is about selecting good sentences from those candidates. The two steps are not that distinct. I propose that the reason you see a difference between babble and prune steps is that pruning is to some extent conscious while babble is always fully automatic.
I think you’re right, this is essentially the main distinction, and that it is still an important one. In other discussion we’ve roughly agreed that useful filters in Prune are eventually pushed down into the subconscious Babble layer. Ultimately you don’t have that much control over Babble but you do have control over in what direction and how tightly you Prune and that’s where the leverage in the system is.