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Compression is intelligence, see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutter_Prize https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutter_Prize EDIT: I personally would state it th
by machiaweliczny 4y ago
Compression is intelligence, see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutter_Prize https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutter_Prize
EDIT: I personally would state it that compression is understanding(statistical distribution + correlation), where I view intelligence as raw processing power and intellect as understanding + intelligence. Wisdom I think is understanding replayed on past events which allows to infer causation of thing that couldnt be conputed real-time-ish.
- amelius 4y agoWhat if the universe is deterministic and you can compute the entire Hutter Prize text using just a few physics rules? Then compression!=intelligence, I suppose.
- pyinstallwoes 4y agoDoes it depend on language?
- visarga 4y agoI think understanding has to be related to generalisation, because we need to clearly separate it from simple memorisation. In math, for example, being able to solve equations not in the training set would show generalisation. But understanding is mostly a receptive process. On the other hand, intelligence is about acting, and is an emissive process. It will select the next action trying to achieve its goals. Intelligence also needs to generalise from few examples and work in new contexts, otherwise it is not really intelligent, just a custom solution for a custom problem. Compression alone is not equal to intelligence because compression is looking at past data, so it needs to learn only past patterns, while intelligence is oriented forward and needs to reserve capacity for continual learning.