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Defining Intelligence as Error Correction
55:02 - 1:00:27 (05:25)
In this podcast, the speaker discusses how humans generate the objective function that measures error correction and how it relates to machine learning. They also ponder on the definition of intelligence in the context of error correction.
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The definition of intelligence can be described as error correction, but towards what?
55:02 - 56:24 (01:21)
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The definition of intelligence can be described as error correction, but towards what? It is the value that comes from human wants or desires that guides this error correction process towards being more intelligent and making progress towards achieving the ultimate goal.
ChapterDefining Intelligence as Error Correction
Episode#176 – Robert Breedlove: Philosophy of Bitcoin from First Principles
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The objective function that measures the error comes from the human mind, generating loss function, but in the world where there's no absolute value, the same process of error correction is machine learning.
56:24 - 57:44 (01:19)
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The objective function that measures the error comes from the human mind, generating loss function, but in the world where there's no absolute value, the same process of error correction is machine learning.
ChapterDefining Intelligence as Error Correction
Episode#176 – Robert Breedlove: Philosophy of Bitcoin from First Principles
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The author talks about a lesser-known book named Leela by Robert Persig, where he introduces his theory of the metaphysics of quality, supposing that value is more fundamental than physical reality or information.
57:44 - 58:37 (00:53)
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The author talks about a lesser-known book named Leela by Robert Persig, where he introduces his theory of the metaphysics of quality, supposing that value is more fundamental than physical reality or information.
ChapterDefining Intelligence as Error Correction
Episode#176 – Robert Breedlove: Philosophy of Bitcoin from First Principles
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The book discussed in this podcast argues that values are fundamental and that our moral decisions create the outcomes in reality over time.
58:37 - 1:00:27 (01:49)
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The book discussed in this podcast argues that values are fundamental and that our moral decisions create the outcomes in reality over time. It suggests that in order to understand the origins of humans, we need to understand the other properties of nature, such as consciousness or value, which are yet to be discovered at the physics level.