Probably approximately correct: nature's algorithms for learning and prospering in a complex world/

Main Author: Valiant, Leslie
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York: Basic Books, c2013
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Ecorithms
  • Prediction and adaptation
  • The computable: not everything that can be defined can be computed
  • Mechanistic explanations of nature: what might we look for?
  • The learnable: how can one draw general lessons from particular experiences?
  • The evolvable: how can complex mechanisms evolve from simpler ones?
  • The deducible: how can one reason with imprecise concepts?
  • Humans as ecorithms
  • Machines as ecorithms: why is artificial intelligence difficult to achieve?
  • Questions.