Hmm, I’m confused. Why do you think that such an object would be helpful as part of the AI? I see how it would be useful to an AI once one had one, but I don’t see why you would want it as a component that makes it easier to make an AGI.
It would make AI easy specifically because it would allow the sorts of computations I described above. If I had a fast way to solve NP complete problems, then I could turn that into a way of performing the previously mentioned computations. Those previously mentioned computations amount to “efficient learning” + “efficient planning”.
The oracle itself is what gives one the ability to perform this computation: Find compact model that efficiently predicts/explains with bounded error the observed sensory data. (This is rough description of the more precise version stated above)
Also gives one the ability to efficiently perform this computation: Given a generated model, determine actions that will lead to desired outcome in bounded number of steps, with reasonably good probability.
The ability to perform the former computation would amount to the ability to efficiently learn. The ability to perform the latter computation would amount to the ability to efficiently plan.
ie, if one has an algorithm for efficiently solving NP complete problems, one can be really good at doing the above two things. The above two things amount to the ability to learn and the ability to plan.
clearer version: the first type of computation would allow it, from observation and such, to determine stuff like the laws of physics, human psychology, etc...
The second computation would allow it to do stuff like… figure out what actions it needs to take to increase the rate of paperclip production or whatever.
(incidentally A slight amount of additional reflectivity, without needing to solve the really hard problems of reflective decision theory or such, would probably be sufficient to allow it to figure out what experiments it needs to do to gain data it needs to form better models.)
Hmm, I’m confused. Why do you think that such an object would be helpful as part of the AI? I see how it would be useful to an AI once one had one, but I don’t see why you would want it as a component that makes it easier to make an AGI.
It would make AI easy specifically because it would allow the sorts of computations I described above. If I had a fast way to solve NP complete problems, then I could turn that into a way of performing the previously mentioned computations. Those previously mentioned computations amount to “efficient learning” + “efficient planning”.
I’m sorry but I’m still not following what learning and planning you would do. Are you attaching the oracle to some sort of reward mechanism?
The oracle itself is what gives one the ability to perform this computation: Find compact model that efficiently predicts/explains with bounded error the observed sensory data. (This is rough description of the more precise version stated above)
Also gives one the ability to efficiently perform this computation: Given a generated model, determine actions that will lead to desired outcome in bounded number of steps, with reasonably good probability.
The ability to perform the former computation would amount to the ability to efficiently learn. The ability to perform the latter computation would amount to the ability to efficiently plan.
ie, if one has an algorithm for efficiently solving NP complete problems, one can be really good at doing the above two things. The above two things amount to the ability to learn and the ability to plan.
clearer version: the first type of computation would allow it, from observation and such, to determine stuff like the laws of physics, human psychology, etc...
The second computation would allow it to do stuff like… figure out what actions it needs to take to increase the rate of paperclip production or whatever.
(incidentally A slight amount of additional reflectivity, without needing to solve the really hard problems of reflective decision theory or such, would probably be sufficient to allow it to figure out what experiments it needs to do to gain data it needs to form better models.)