Knowledge and Uncertainty Flashcards

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What are maximally informative questions?

A

The most informative questions, which are the ones whose answer we are the most uncertain about.

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What do you need to do when evaluating a question?

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We need to consider both possible answer: “yes” and “no

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How can we quantify uncertainty?

A

By counting the number of maximally informative questions required to resolve our lack of knowledge.

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What happens every time you double the number of possibilities?

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You increase the missing information by one bit.

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What are maximally informative questions also known as?

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Bits (ex. if a situation requires 3 bits to find the answer, you need to ask a minimum of 3 maximally informative questions to find the answer.

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If suspect i has probability pᵢ of being the criminal, then what is the relationship between the amount of missing information and the probability that they’re the criminal?

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pᵢ = 1/2^(missing information).

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