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From: Richard Damon <richard@damon-family.org>
Newsgroups: comp.theory
Subject: Re: Defining a correct simulating halt decider --- Trump and Hitler
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2024 16:47:28 -0400
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On 9/12/24 2:42 PM, olcott wrote:
> On 9/12/2024 1:09 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
>> On 9/12/24 9:12 AM, olcott wrote:
>>> On 9/12/2024 7:51 AM, Richard Damon wrote:
>>>> On 9/12/24 8:29 AM, olcott wrote:
>>>>> On 9/12/2024 6:53 AM, Richard Damon wrote:
>>>>>> On 9/11/24 10:50 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>> On 9/11/2024 9:35 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 9/11/24 10:15 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 9/11/2024 6:48 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On 9/11/24 7:17 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On 9/11/2024 11:31 AM, Fred. Zwarts wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> Op 11.sep.2024 om 13:41 schreef olcott:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 9/11/2024 2:35 AM, Mikko wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2024-09-11 00:21:36 +0000, olcott said:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 9/10/2024 3:52 AM, Mikko wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2024-09-09 18:19:26 +0000, olcott said:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 9/8/2024 9:53 AM, Mikko wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2024-09-07 13:57:00 +0000, olcott said:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 9/7/2024 3:29 AM, Mikko wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2024-09-07 05:12:19 +0000, joes said:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Am Fri, 06 Sep 2024 06:42:48 -0500 schrieb olcott:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 9/6/2024 6:19 AM, Mikko wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2024-09-05 13:24:20 +0000, olcott said:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 9/5/2024 2:34 AM, Mikko wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2024-09-03 13:00:50 +0000, olcott said:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 9/3/2024 5:25 AM, Mikko wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2024-09-02 16:38:03 +0000, olcott said:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> A halt decider is a Turing machine that 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> computes the mapping from
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> its finite string input to the behavior that 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> this finite string
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> specifies.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> A halt decider needn't compute the full 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> behaviour, only whether
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that behaviour is finite or infinite.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> New slave_stack at:1038c4 Begin Local Halt 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Decider Simulation
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Local Halt Decider: Infinite Recursion 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Detected Simulation Stopped
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hence  HHH(DDD)==0 is correct
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nice to see that you don't disagree with what 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> said.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Unvortunately I can't agree with what you say.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> HHH terminates,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> os DDD obviously terminates, too. No valid
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> DDD emulated by HHH never reaches it final halt 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> state.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If that iis true it means that HHH called by DDD 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> does not return and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> therefore is not a ceicder.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The directly executed HHH is a decider.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> What does simulating it change about that?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If the simulation is incorrect it may change anything.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PATHOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS CHANGE BEHAVIOR
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PATHOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS CHANGE BEHAVIOR
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PATHOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS CHANGE BEHAVIOR
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PATHOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS CHANGE BEHAVIOR
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PATHOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS CHANGE BEHAVIOR
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> However, a correct simultation faithfully imitates the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> original
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> behaviour.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> _DDD()
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [00002172] 55         push ebp      ; housekeeping
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [00002173] 8bec       mov ebp,esp   ; housekeeping
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [00002175] 6872210000 push 00002172 ; push DDD
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [0000217a] e853f4ffff call 000015d2 ; call HHH(DDD)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [0000217f] 83c404     add esp,+04
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [00002182] 5d         pop ebp
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [00002183] c3         ret
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Size in bytes:(0018) [00002183]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> A correct emulation obeys the x86 machine code even
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> if this machine code catches the machine on fire.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It is impossible for an emulation of DDD by HHH to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> reach machine address 00002183 AND YOU KNOW IT!!!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> A correct emulation of DDD does reach the machine 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> address 0000217f and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a little later 00002183.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *That is counter-factual and you cannot possibly show 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> otherwise*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> A halt decider is required to predict about the actual 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> execution,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> not a couterfactual assumption.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> False assumption.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> A halt decider must compute the mapping that its input
>>>>>>>>>>>>> finite string specifies.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> And the input, a finite string that describes a program 
>>>>>>>>>>>> based on the aborting HHH, describes a halting program, as 
>>>>>>>>>>>> proven by the direct execution, by the unmodified world 
>>>>>>>>>>>> class simulator and even by HHH1. The semantics of the x86 
>>>>>>>>>>>> language allows only one behaviour for the finite string. 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Any program claiming another behaviour violates the 
>>>>>>>>>>>> semantics of the x86 language,
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> It is ridiculously stupid to assume that the fact
>>>>>>>>>>>>> that DDD calls its own emulator does not change
>>>>>>>>>>>>> its behavior relative to not calling its own emulator.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> It ridiculous to assume that the semantics of the x86 
>>>>>>>>>>>> language allows another behaviour for the finite string.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Why do you have a religious conviction to this stupid
>>>>>>>>>>>> mistake?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Once we understand we can make a machine that detects
>>>>>>>>>>> lies in real time on the basis of knowing truth we will
>>>>>>>>>>> know that we didn't have to die from climate change or
>>>>>>>>>>> allow the rise of the fourth Reich.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Are you sure we can do that?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The problem seems to be that you are ASSUMING it.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The key is (as I have been saying for a long time)
>>>>>>>>> To anchor the accurate model of the actual world in axioms.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> And how do you know your axiom about the actual world are 
>>>>>>>> correct? Things about what we have defined are one thing. (like 
>>>>>>>> defining a foot to be 12 inches). But anything that is based on 
>>>>>>>> observation inherently has a degree of error, and thus we can't 
>>>>>>>> actually KNOW if our conclusions are true.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *AS FREAKING DETAILED BELOW*
>>>>>>>>> Getting from Generative AI to Trustworthy AI:
>>>>>>>>> What LLMs might learn from Cyc
>>>>>>>>> https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2308/2308.04445.pdf
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Which absolutely can't tell if something about an empirical 
>>>>>>>> statement is actually correct, as it is a pure analytic system.
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