RE: escape from simulation

From: Ben Goertzel (ben@goertzel.org)
Date: Mon Mar 29 2004 - 19:07:26 MST


Wei Dai wrote:
> Does that mean that Novamente will be using a prior based on
> CL? If so
> will it always assume that only computable universes are
> possible, or do
> you expect that it will adopt a generalization of algorithmic
> complexity
> on its own? Do you agree that the former would be a bad
> thing? And if the
> latter how will the change be triggered?

Since Novamente will be a fully self-modifying system (when complete),
it will be able to modify its own "prior" ;-)

ben



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