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Mathematics for AIXI and Gödel machine

by Faustus2
22nd Jul 2015
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[-]MrMind10y30

Classical logic up to Goedel's theorem.
Fairly standard Bayesian probability.
A little bit of coding (up to Kraft's inequality).
Computability and algorithmic complexity.
Solomonoff induction.

It's all pretty basic stuff, but taken from a variety of disciplines.

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[-]Manfred10y30

The things you directly need are algorithmic complexity theory (Classic textbook: Li and Vitanyi) and some way of understanding proofs (Probably start with regular mathematical logic / model theory, not sure of a standout textbook here, maybe Manin?, then look into modal logic, classic textbook by Boolos).

Prerequisites for those are mathematical logic, set theory, probability theory, and some amount of discrete math.

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[-]Faustus210y00

Thank you, I'm grateful for your time.

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[-]Gunnar_Zarncke10y00

What (parts of) the areas mentioned in the other posts do you already know? That may significantly affect the specific recommendation and approach.

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[-]V_V10y-10

Elementary probability theory, elementary theoretical computer science, Solomonoff's theory of inductive inference, reinforcement learning.

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[-]Thomas10y-40

I think you have to invent, not just to learn this.

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Just a quick question, does anyone know which math topics I'd have to learn to understand the work on AIXI and the Gödel machine? Any pointers or suggestions would be appreciated.