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Actually I think that creating a "perfect" note taking system reduces to finding an ideal compression algorithm for human knowledge, which Hutter showed is equi
by __jambo 4y ago
Actually I think that creating a "perfect" note taking system reduces to finding an ideal compression algorithm for human knowledge, which Hutter showed is equivalent to solving general AI.
So you're wrong, note taking is at least as hard as rocket science, probably much harder since algorithmically rocket science is a pretty straightforward control problem plus some tuning.
- coldtea 4y agoYou first blew note taking out of all proportion as an axiom "reduces to finding an ideal compression algorithm for human knowledge", and then deduced that "is at least as hard as rocket science". There's no reason we should view note taking, the activity, as the pursuit of finding "an ideal compression algorithm for human knowledge". Finding just "a compression algorithm for human knowledge that suits us" will do. When we do note taking just want to be able to find and remember something down the road. That's what we need to solve, for our preferences and requirements, and being happy with something that works good enough. The same way that when we play guitar we don't want to be "the best possible technical/emotional/harmonic/melodic player that can possible exist", just to be able to play songs to have fun, play in a band, or be good musicians.
- __jambo 4y agoYes, but it depends "what suits you". It can be arbitrarily difficult and there are similarities that go along the lines of fundamentally challenging CS problems, which is why everyone and their plushy-toy seem to be obsessing over it I assume. Hacker news people are probably curious nerds.
- Apocryphon 4y agoHN people are also notorious bikeshedders.