Artificial Intelligence / Unit 10 AI 0570 short lesson, about 20 seconds
No Refuge in Simplicity
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The idea
Even simplicity is representation-relative — a short rule in one feature vocabulary is a monster in another, so "prefer the simple" is itself a bet about the encoding.
In practice
The same world re-described flips which rules look short; the preference travels with the vocabulary, not the truth.
Where people slip
There is no assumption-free learner to retreat to — only bets stated and bets hidden.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.
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