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To everyone: If you ever come across an interesting insight into #language, #epistemology, #MachineLearning, or #PhilosophyOfMind, I'd love it if you'd tag me in a reply to make sure I see it. Also, if anybody wants to discuss these things, or even tangents to them, I'm probably going to be really excited to hear what you have to say. Thanks in advance!

Marc

@hosford42
I've had a longstanding interest in the biological evolution of intelligence. There are low hanging fruits to explore in that area. These issues are certainly wrapped tightly with the tags you listed above.

@Marc Yes, I find the biology angle fascinating too! Evolution is a learning algorithm, which has inspired several machine learning algorithms. Examples include genetic algorithms, genetic programming, simulated annealing, and learning classifier systems, to name a few.

The fact that evolution, as implemented by nature, is the only learning algorithm ever to have produced other learning algorithms, much less minds, is a very interesting realization to me. If I had the spare computing power available to me, I'd probably be running an experiment towards this goal right now.