Leatherbound AI notes p9
Sunday, November 20, 2005
6:12 PM
[11/20/2005 Well the first figure still holds: bond strength between concepts (which governs retention and recall) is stronger if the path is traversed frequently. This bond still fades over time, but should bear the marks of having high bond strength (perhaps a max?)
#2 is almost completely right. Memorizing by rote simply runs over paths in short term memory which don't stick. From experience you will often recall the first fact and the last one but without any strong relational thread, you'll lose all the stuff in the middle. There has to be some way of figuring in interest level… I wonder how to represent interest. I think it almost has to be an artifact of the system. Perhaps interest comes in when lots of facts make sense? I don't know.
#3 is a weak statement that isn't worth much… Recall is just the act of retrieving information. I'm not sure what I meant by 'forced'.
#4 I'm not sure what I meant by fast tree creation - perhaps I was trying to illustrate the disposability of the short term memory tree. I think relation to existing cepts helps move things into long-term memory then repetition over time. I have defined cepts earlier and I believe those definitons supercede the one above.]
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