Greg Wooledge wrote: > I lost all faith when the OP revealed that their initial > problem description was just an *instance* of some > overarching question, and that they really wanted an > n-dimensional generalization of that already bleeding-edge > research question.
Oh, no, don't worry, this is the problem! If one can solve it to output data there are a lot of interesting applications. What is the most original sentence, paragraph, or page in some classic novel? Who is the most original poster on some IRC channel, with some bot keeping a rank? Those are just toy examples I made up just now, but I'm sure one could do really useful things with it as well. It is more difficult to shoot from the holster here tho, but it is always like that, there are always applications, and you don't expect where, even. What would be interesting to theorize about for those attracted by such things would be the algorithm, but perhaps even more interesting how one would define originality? Because the program would be a de facto enforcer of its own definition. For example, is originality something that exists now, and before it did, it didn't? I.e., a new thing? Or can a combination of old things actually be as original? Yes, it can - if you define the algorithm that way. -- underground experts united https://dataswamp.org/~incal
