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|    olcott to dbush    |
|    Re: ChatGPT seems to understand that HHH    |
|    13 Oct 25 12:51:16    |
      XPost: comp.theory, sci.math, sci.logic       From: polcott333@gmail.com              On 10/13/2025 12:36 PM, dbush wrote:       > On 10/13/2025 1:22 PM, olcott wrote:       >> On 10/13/2025 11:43 AM, dbush wrote:       >>> On 10/13/2025 12:30 PM, olcott wrote:       >>>> On 10/13/2025 11:18 AM, dbush wrote:       >>>>> On 10/13/2025 12:14 PM, olcott wrote:       >>>>>> On 10/13/2025 9:24 AM, dbush wrote:       >>>>>>> On 10/13/2025 10:15 AM, olcott wrote:       >>>>>>>> The directly executed DD() is outside of the       >>>>>>>> domain of the function computed by HHH(DD)       >>>>>>>> because it is not a finite string thus does       >>>>>>>> not contradict that HHH(DD) correctly rejects       >>>>>>>> its input as non-halting.       >>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>       >>>>>>> Actual numbers are outside the domain of Turing machines because       >>>>>>> they are not finite strings, therefore Turning machines cannot do       >>>>>>> arithmetic.       >>>>>>>       >>>>>>> Agreed?       >>>>>>       >>>>>> Should I start simply ignoring everything that you say again?       >>>>>> Prove that you want an honest dialogue or be ignored.       >>>>>>       >>>>>       >>>>> You stated that Turing machines can't operate on directly executed       >>>>> Turing machine because they only take finite strings as input and       >>>>> not actual Turing machines.       >>>>>       >>>>       >>>> Now ChatGPT also agrees that DD() is outside of the domain       >>>> of the function computed by HHH(DD) and HHH(DD) is correct       >>>> to reject its input on the basis of the function that it       >>>> does compute.       >>>>       >>>> https://chatgpt.com/share/68ec6e96-7eb8-8011-90c7-86248034d475       >>>>       >>>>       >>>       >>>       >>> And if you remind it what a finite string description is:       >>>       >>       >> No, no, no, this is where you and the halting problem       >> definition screw up. It never was a mere finite string       >> machine description.       >>       >> It was always the behavior that its input finite string       >> machine description specifies. This expressly excludes       >> the behavior of the directly executed DD() because the       >> directly executed DD() is not an input in the domain of HHH.       >>       >       > Nope, see below.       >       >>> ---       >>> But since a Turing machine description encodes all information about       >>> a Turing machine, Turing machines are within the domain of other       >>> Turing machines via their description. Therefore the definition of a       >>> halt decider, a Turing machine that determines whether any arbitrary       >>> Turing machine X with input Y will halt when executed directly, is       >>> correct and valid.       >>> ---       >>>              Why the three levels of quotes instead of       just plain text that was cut-and-pasted       like this cut-and-pasted quoted text?               Theorem (Domain Invalidity of the Halting Predicate        in Reflective Models): In any computational model        where programs can call the universal interpreter,        the halting predicate HALT(p) is undefined for some        syntactically valid p. Hence, the classical definition        of the halting problem as a total decision problem        over all program texts is semantically incorrect in        that model.              https://chatgpt.com/share/68ec6e96-7eb8-8011-90c7-86248034d475              --       Copyright 2025 Olcott "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius       hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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